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:* second or third degree atrioventricular block | :* second or third degree atrioventricular block | ||
* when episodes of bradycardia have caused syncope (except when used in conjunction with a pacemaker) | * when episodes of bradycardia have caused syncope (except when used in conjunction with a pacemaker) | ||
* '''patients with a known hypersensitivity to the drug or to any of its components, including [[iodine]]'''. | |||
Revision as of 19:36, 8 January 2009
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Amiodarone is contraindicated in patients with:
- cardiogenic shock
- severe sinus-node dysfunction
- causing marked sinus bradycardia
- second or third degree atrioventricular block
- when episodes of bradycardia have caused syncope (except when used in conjunction with a pacemaker)
- patients with a known hypersensitivity to the drug or to any of its components, including iodine.
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.