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General anesthesia with transcutaneous pacemaker standby was successfully used to manage a 25-year-old pregnant patient with congenital complete heart block undergoing emergency cesarean section.
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General anesthesia with readiness of a transcutaneous pacemaker and emergency cardiac drugs is a safe and effective strategy for emergency cesarean section in pregnant patients with complete heart block.
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May support general anesthesia with transcutaneous pacemaker standby in this setting; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Mohanty et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Congenital complete heart block in pregnancy (n=1). General anesthesia with transcutaneous pacemaker standby was evaluated on Successful delivery and maternal hemodynamic stability. General anesthesia with transcutaneous pacemaker standby was successfully used to manage a 25-year-old pregnant patient with congenital complete heart block undergoing emergency cesarean section.