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[Flecainide and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in the operating room]
1Département d'anesthésiologie et de réanimation, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
Abstract:
The case is reported of a 52-year-old woman who developed paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia prior to induction of general anesthesia. This arrhythmia, resistant to vagal stimulation and verapamil, was finally ended by the administration of flecainide in the operating room.