Anesthetic management of laparoscopy-assisted total proctocolectomy in a cardiac sarcoidosis patient with a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator: a case report

Abstract Background Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) causes severe conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias. CS patients are increasingly being treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds). For the first time, we report the anesthetic management of a CS patient with a CRT-D. Case p...

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Main Authors: Yutaro Kammura, Ai Fujita, Yuji Karashima, Shoko Nakayama, Kazuhiro Shirozu, Tadashi Kandabashi, Ken Yamaura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-020-00350-7