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Patients with Long QT Syndrome undergoing anesthesia carry a very high risk of intraoperative malignant ventricular arrhythmias that may be refractory to treatment.
Highlights the anesthetic management challenges in a patient with undiagnosed Long QT Syndrome undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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Alerts clinicians to refractory arrhythmia risk during anesthesia in Long QT syndrome; case reports leave open optimal preventive protocols.
The anaesthetic management of a patient with Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is always a challenge to the anaesthesiologist as these patients carry a very high risk of intraoperative malignant ventricular arrhythmias, which may be refractory to treatment. We report such a case of undiagnosed, asymptomatic, 51 years old female posted for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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A 2009 study studied this question. Patients with Long QT Syndrome undergoing anesthesia carry a very high risk of intraoperative malignant ventricular arrhythmias that may be refractory to treatment.
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