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Congenital complete heart block
Author(s) -
DUFFY BRIAN L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb08656.x
Subject(s) - medicine , heart block , general anaesthesia , anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , electrocardiography , cardiology , geometry , mathematics
Summary A female patient aged 14 years with known congenital heart block presented for appendicectomy. The successful management under general anaesthesia without use of a pacemaker is described. Alternative methods including local anaesthesia are discussed.