← Return to Afib, amiodarone and dual organ transplant

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@gloaming

Shucks. The major organs can all suffer due to amiodarone, but I seem to recall that the lungs are the more serious problem if the veins develop hypertension. I was on it briefly when my first catheter ablation failed. I had atrial fibrillation, and soon had an EP willing to try to stabilize my rhythm by ablating the tissue around my pulmonary veins where they empty oxygenated blood coming from the lungs into the left atrium. This is where 85-95% of all fibrillation impetus comes from...the pulmonary vein ostia or antrum. But, I was in fibrillation six days after the first ablation, and after consultation with my electrophysiologist (EP), the internist in the ER put me on amiodarone. I wasn't pleased, but it did the trick. Luckily, only eight weeks on it, although I was soon again in AF.

I wish I had some wise counsel or experience to help you, but hopefully your daughter's organs will hang on until she can get the 'nod'.

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Thank you. She is on Tidalafil for pulmonary hypertension so, yes, this is also a concern that her lungs will be affected. There is just so much to be concerned about and watch for that my head is spinning.