Postoperative death in a patient with unrecognized arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia syndrome

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 350-352

  Toh, Khay Wee ^a,b   Nadesan, Kasinathan ^a   Sie, Ming Yao ^a   Vijeyasingam, Raja ^a   Tan, Patrick Seow Koon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CYST; LIVER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; T WAVE;

EID: 3242753617     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000132996.12248.B0     Document Type: Article

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