[Evaluation of the use of amiodarone in outpatients]

From the group of patients follow-up at the arrhytmias out-patients clinic of the Institute of Cardiology from Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, one hundred (100) patients were selected in order to evaluate the efficacy, benefits and side effects of short term use (minimum of 3 months) of amiodarone. During the period of study, the authors had found that average doses of amiodarone (200 mg/day) were highly effective for ventricular and supraventricular in addition, they also noticed a very low incidence of side-effects independent of the cardiopathy.