The surgical patient with Brugada syndrome: A four-case clinical experience

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1263-1266

  Santambrogio, Luisa G ^a,c   Mencherini, Simonetta ^a   Fuardo, Marinella ^a   Caramella, Flavia ^a   Braschi, Antonio ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SYNDROME;

EID: 17744382418     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000149327.23267.6B     Document Type: Article

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