title: [Circulatory arrest in the operating room in a patient with a congenital long QT syndrome].
abstract: Reversible cardiocirculatory arrest was observed during orthopaedic treatment of a digital dislocation in a 37 year old female patient. Cardiological studies showed a prolonged QT interval (0.6 s) in the patient and her daughter, associated with hypokalemia (3.4 mmol) in the former. The diagnosis suggested was that of Romano-Ward's syndrome. Preparation and choice of anaesthesia are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000150:complications; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Arrêt circulatoire au bloc opératoire chez un malade porteur d'un syndrome de QT long congénital.