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Anasthesia in Marfan's syndrome
Author(s) -
Verghese Chandy
Publication year - 1984
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.1365-2044.1984.tb06583.x
Subject(s) - medicine , marfan syndrome , surgery , mortality rate
Summary Thirteen patients with Marfan's syndrome who underwent surgery between 1968 and 1983 were studied to document the anasthetic morbidity in this rare disorder. One of the 13 patients studied died intra‐operatively, one died in the immediate postoperative period and one patient developed postoperative complications and further surgery was postponed indefinitely. This represents a high mortality l morbidity rate and the findings are recorded. The two deaths were unexpected and could not be explained.