Amiodarone use in therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation

We read with interest the case report by Richter et al. 1 demonstrating prolongation of the corrected QT interval (QTc), the presence of Osborn waves, and multiple episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF) during therapeutic hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The article reinforces the importance of appreciating the potentially arrhythmogenic effects of therapeutic hypothermia.2 The most commonly …