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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1987;20(2):240-243.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1987.20.2.240   
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.
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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