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Terlipressin for treating intraoperative hypotension: can it unmask myocardial ischemia?
J Medel1, G Boccara, E Van de Steen
1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University Hospital of Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|June 29, 2001
Abstract
Implications:
After administration of terlipressin to treat hypotension related to induction of general anesthesia, profound hypertension occurred in association with myocardial ischemia and occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The authors emphasize cautious use of this drug because of such adverse events.