Reciprocating tachycardia during central venous cannulation in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is important for the anesthesiologist because the sudden development of tachyarrhythmias may result in deleterious hemodynamic changes. We describe an episode of reciprocating tachycardia triggered by the insertion of the guide wire during central venous cannulation in a patient with this syndrome.
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JC
Servicio de Anestesiologia y Reanimación, Hospital General de Galicia-Clínico Universitario, Santiago, Spain. cifranco@usc.es
Rodriguez
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J
Blanco
E
E
Alvarez
J
J
D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003082:Colectomy; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D013156:Splenectomy; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*