title: Vasovagal heart block following cataract surgery under local anesthesia.
abstract: Hemodynamic alterations during eye surgery usually consist of sinus bradycardia and hypotension provoked by the oculocardiac reflex. We report a case in which severe sinus bradycardia occurring immediately after the end of surgery was complicated by second-degree atrioventricular block, hypotension, and symptomatic myocardial ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Basel/Kantonsspital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Hampl
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Marsch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flammer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D009915:Orbit