"Amiodarone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An antianginal and class III antiarrhythmic drug. It increases the duration of ventricular and atrial muscle action by inhibiting POTASSIUM CHANNELS and VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS. There is a resulting decrease in heart rate and in vascular resistance.
| Descriptor ID |
D000638
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.127.075
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| Concept/Terms |
Cordarone- Cordarone
- Amiodarex
- Trangorex
- Kordaron
- Cordarex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amiodarone" by people in Profiles.
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Dronedarone for the Treatment of Atrial Arrhythmias in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Tex Heart Inst J. 2024 Apr 30; 51(1).
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Hyaluronidase for Skin Necrosis Induced by Amiodarone. Cutis. 2022 10; 110(4):E33-E35.
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Time to Antiarrhythmic and Association with Return of Spontaneous Circulation in the United States. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2023; 27(2):177-183.
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Procainamide for shockable rhythm cardiac arrest in the Resuscitation Outcome Consortium. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 05; 55:143-146.
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Sotalol versus amiodarone for postoperative junctional tachycardia after congenital heart surgery. Heart Rhythm. 2022 03; 19(3):450-456.
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Outcomes associated with lidocaine and amiodarone administration in pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Cardiol J. 2021; 28(5):783-785.
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External Cardioversion-Defibrillation with Pushing Down on the Chest Wall to Increase the Success Rate in Obese Patients. Am J Case Rep. 2020 Nov 16; 21:e927009.
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Effect of amiodarone and lidocaine on shock-refractory cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Kardiol Pol. 2020 10 23; 78(10):999-1007.
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Lidocaine versus amiodarone for pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study. Resuscitation. 2020 04; 149:191-201.
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Postoperative atrial fibrillation: mechanisms, manifestations and management. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2019 07; 16(7):417-436.