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Careful anaesthetic management was discussed for a 7-year-old patient with congenital long QT syndrome to mitigate the risk of torsades de pointes and malignant arrhythmias.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of careful anaesthetic management in pediatric patients with congenital long QT syndrome to prevent malignant arrhythmias.
Adds sparse pediatric long QT anesthesia data; leaves optimal protocols open for prospective study.
Long QT syndrome is a cardiac repolarisation disorder that can occur with clinical symptoms such as dizziness, fainting, life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, and its incidence is increasing in the general population. A careful anaesthetic management is required for patients with this syndrome because of the risk of torsades de pointes and malignant arrhythmias. In this case report, we discuss the anaesthetic management of a seven-year-old patient with congenital long QT syndrome that was diagnosed during the preoperative evaluation.
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Özgür et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Congenital long QT syndrome (n=1). Anaesthetic management was evaluated. Careful anaesthetic management was discussed for a 7-year-old patient with congenital long QT syndrome to mitigate the risk of torsades de pointes and malignant arrhythmias.
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