Torsade de pointes during sevoflurane anesthesia in a child with congenital long QT syndrome

M. Saussine, Islam Massad, Franck Raczka, Jean‐Marc Davy, Jean-Marc Frapier

Pediatric Anesthesia · 2005 · 58 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

We present a case of congenital long QT syndrome which developed torsade de pointes during sevoflurane anesthesia for implantation of an internal cardioverter-defibrillator. The diagnosis, implications and treatment are discussed.

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