Anesthesia for a Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 95 (3) , 555-557
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000539-200209000-00009
Abstract
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.Keywords
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