Torsade de pointes during sevoflurane anesthesia in a child with congenital long QT syndrome

  • Paediatr Anaesth. 2006 Jan;16(1):63-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01593.x.
Max Saussine  1 ,  Islam Massad ,  Franck Raczka ,  Jean-Marc Davy ,  Jean-Marc Frapier
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Anaesthesiology D, Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital, Montpellier, France. [email protected]
PMID: 16409532 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01593.x
Abstract

We present a case of congenital long QT syndrome which developed torsade de pointes during sevoflurane anesthesia for implantation of an internal cardioverter-defibrillator. The diagnosis, implications and treatment are discussed.