Postanesthetic torsade de pointes in a patient with unrecognized long QT syndrome -A case report-

Torsade de pointes (TdP) is a devastating form of polymorphic ventricular arrhythmia associated with corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation. TdP usually terminates spontaneously but frequently recurs and may degenerate to ventricular fibrillation. The present report describes a case of TdP in a pa...

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Main Authors: Jae-Young Lee, Ju-Hyun Lee, Eun-Hye An, Jun-Gol Song, Pyung Hwan Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2011-04-01
Series:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-60-294.pdf