Sudden cardiac death under anesthesia in pediatric patient with Williams syndrome: A case report and review of literature

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-48

  Gupta, Punkaj ^a   Tobias, Joseph D ^b   Goyal, Sunali ^c   Miller, Martin D ^a   Melendez, Elliot ^a   Noviski, Natan ^a   De Moor, Michael M ^a   Mehta, Vipin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic reaction; Cardiac catheterization; Dysmorphism; Resuscitation; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; IOPAMIDOL; ISOPRENALINE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TRYPTASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LARYNGOSCOPY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHARYNX; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOCAL CORD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ANESTHESIA; AORTIC STENOSIS, SUPRAVALVULAR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 74849117030     PISSN: 09719784     EISSN: 09745181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.58834     Document Type: Article

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