Sevoflurane anesthesia may trigger torsade de pointes in children with congenital long QT syndrome.
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May warrant anesthetic caution in pediatric long QT syndrome; hypothesis-generating case report requiring confirmation.
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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