title: Transient cardiac asystole in transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: a case report.
abstract: Unlike other cardiac arrhythmia, asystole during neurosurgical procedures is not reported in the literature. We describe such a case during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery in a patient who was not having any history of associated cardiac problems. Its possible cause in relation to the perioperative sequence of events has been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Girija P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: Rajendra S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Chouhan
authors.forename: Hemanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed