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Microvascular Decompression: Salient Surgical Principles and Technical Nuances
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Coronary vasospasm during percutaneous trigeminal rhizotomy
B Swerdlow1, L Shuer, J Zelcer
1Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.
Anaesthesia
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case of myocardial infarction as a result of coronary vasospasm during percutaneous trigeminal rhizotomy is presented. Potential consequences of the profound sympathetic response during this procedure are discussed. Invasive haemodynamic monitoring as well as prophylaxis with nitrates and calcium antagonists may be useful in patients prone to coronary vasospasm who undergo this procedure.

