Anesthesia for a patient with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
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.
Dornan
Rhona I P
RI
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, Scotland, UK. dripdo@thepalace.prestel.co.uk
D000293:Adolescent; D000758:Anesthesia; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000502:physiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*
D002395:Catecholamines