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Prolonged QT interval syndromes present significant anesthetic implications that require careful perioperative management.
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May warrant preoperative QT assessment in at-risk patients; leaves open prospective trials to quantify perioperative risk.
Department of Anesthesia, Johannesburg Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. Address correspondence to Dr. Glass, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, P.O. Box 3060, Durham, NC 27710. Accepted for publication February 5, 1985.
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Galloway et al. (1985) studied this question. Prolonged QT interval syndromes present significant anesthetic implications that require careful perioperative management.
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