Dam. a hydraulic-engineering structure that blocks off a river or other watercourse to raise the water level behind itself, to create a head at its location, and to create a reservoir. The significance of dams for water management is diverse.
(verify) Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat and prevent a number of types of irregular heartbeats. This includes ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), and wide complex tachycardia, as well as atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
Amiodarone is often used to treat both ventricular and atrial arrhythmias. Although its cardiac side effects are less frequent than those associated with other antiarrhythmics, it has potentially marked effects on thyroid physiology; it can cause both thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism.