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Anesthesia for a patient with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
1Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, Scotland, UK. dripdo@thepalace.prestel.co.uk
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|August 29, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
A patient with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia required anesthesia for implantation of a defibrillator. The diagnostic criteria, treatment, and anesthetic considerations for this rare, familial dysrhythmia are described.