Flecainide-associated pneumonitis with acute respiratory failure in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome

Acta Cardiol. 2000 Feb;55(1):45-7. doi: 10.2143/AC.55.1.2005718.

Abstract

Antiarrhythmic agents can cause pneumonitis. Flecainide is a rare cause of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and few cases have been reported. We describe a case of interstitial hypoxaemiant pneumonitis probably related to flecainide in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome, a rare congenital disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple* / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple* / drug therapy
  • Acute Disease
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / adverse effects*
  • Flecainide / adverse effects*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / chemically induced*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Flecainide