Perioperative arrhythmias with a propofol-based anesthetic
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R Muñoz1, M E Goldberg, J Cantillo
1Department of Anesthesiology, Helene Fuld Medical Center, Trenton, NJ 08638.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Propofol was used for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia in a patient undergoing a laparoscopic tubal ligation. This new anesthetic has not been associated with postoperative ventricular arrhythmias. This report demonstrates the occurrence of supraventricular tachycardia deteriorating to ventricular tachycardia in a patient who received propofol. Included is a discussion of the possible causes of this event.