Perioperative approach to a patient with Brugada syndrome.
Brugada syndrome is a recently described cardiac anomaly that may be responsible for up to one half of all sudden cardiac deaths in young adults without structural heart disease. It may also be worsened by beta-blockers, and it is almost unreported in the English language anesthesia literature.
Candiotti
Keith A
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Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA. kcandiotti@miami.edu
Mehta
Vivek
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D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care; D013577:Syndrome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging