A Case Report of W-P-W Syndrome Experience During General Anesthesia. |
Yong Ho Kim, Jung Kook Suh, Kyo Sang Kim, In Kyu Kim, Ik Sang Seung, Dong Ho Park, Se Ung Chon |
Department of Anesthesiology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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Abstract |
The incidence of W-P-W syndrome is often noted in patients without other evidence of heart diseases. However, most of them wlll have supraventricular arrhythmias, characterized by paroxismal tachyarrhythmias. W-P-W- syndrome may be complicated by severe hypotension, syncope, congestive heart failure, atrial and/or ventrioular fibrillation and even sudden death, We experienced a case of W-P-W syndrome Immediately after induction of general anes-thesia on a patient with preoperatively normal ECG patterne and no evidence of otder heart disease. |
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