Methods of Administration of Intravenous Amiodarone in the Postoperative Setting: A Poll of Members of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES)

摘要

Since investigation of its use in the early 1990’s1,2 intravenous amiodarone has secured a place in therapeutic strategies for postoperative tachyarrhythmia in patients with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). The drug has proven particularly useful in the management of postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia,1-3 is used for other pediatric and adult congenital heart tachyarrhythmias and, since 2000, has been incorporated into the Advanced Cardiac Life Support and American Heart Association recommended treatment arms for ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation.