The Villain Who Saved the Day: The Paradoxical Value of Amiodarone in Managing Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Secondary to Amiodarone-Induced Thyroiditis

Rakan M Alotaibi; Khaled M Abdullah; Cheng Ken Ong; Vetton Chee Kay Lee; Jing W Goh

doi:10.7759/cureus.55082

The Villain Who Saved the Day: The Paradoxical Value of Amiodarone in Managing Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Secondary to Amiodarone-Induced Thyroiditis

Cureus. 2024 Feb 27;16(2):e55082. doi: 10.7759/cureus.55082. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Authors

Rakan M Alotaibi^{1

2}, Khaled M Abdullah³, Cheng Ken Ong⁴, Vetton Chee Kay Lee⁵, Jing W Goh⁶

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, CAN.
² Internal Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Madinah, SAU.
³ Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, USA.
⁴ Cardiology, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, GBR.
⁵ Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, AUS.
⁶ Respiratory Medicine, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, GBR.

Abstract

Thyroiditis is a rare and serious complication for patients taking amiodarone. It can manifest with symptoms of hyperthyroidism and serious life-threatening arrhythmias. We present a case of a patient with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis presenting with an electrical storm in which rhythm control was achieved with the utilization of amiodarone.

Keywords: amiodarone; amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism; amiodarone-induced thyroiditis; arrhythmia; cardiology; tachy-arrhythmia; thyroiditis; ventricular arrhythmia; ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports