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Definition of Cordarone
1. Noun. An antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective.
Generic synonyms: Antiarrhythmic, Antiarrhythmic Drug, Antiarrhythmic Medication
Language type: Trademark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordarone
Literary usage of Cordarone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Test Tube to Patient: New Drug Development in the United States by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... than 600 cardiologists treated some patients with the anti- arrhythmic drug
amiodarone before it was approved for marketing as cordarone in late 1985. ..."
2. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... Amiodarone HCI TN= cordarone Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar).
Treatment of incessant ventricular tachycardia. ..."