Trigeminocardiac reflex: a cause of sudden asystole during cerebellopontine angle surgery.
We present a patient with an unusual, exaggerated trigeminocardiac reflex response during surgery for vestibular schwannoma and its successful management.
Jaiswal
Awadhesh Kumar
AK
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India. jaiswal_dr_2002@yahoo.co.in <jaiswal_dr_2002@yahoo.co.in>
Gupta
Devendra
D
Verma
Nimisha
N
Behari
Sanjay
S
D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery