Title: Very Early Onset of Amiodarone-Induced Pulmonary Toxicity
Abstract: Amiodarone is a widely used antiarrhythmic agent.Among its various adverse effects, amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity (APT) is the most life threatening complication, which has been described mostly in patients who have been in treatment with high accumulative doses for a long duration of time.However, amiodarone therapy in short-term duration induced APT was rarely reported.We describe a case of a 54-year-old man who is presented with symptoms of APT after a few days of therapy for post-myocardial infarction ventricular tachycardia.For early diagnosis and successful treatment, awareness and high suspicion of this rare type of early onset APT is crucial in patients with amiodarone therapy.(