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Wolff‐Parkinson‐White syndrome
Author(s) -
JACOBSON L.,
TURNQUIST K.,
MASLEY S.
Publication year - 1985
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.1365-2044.1985.tb10945.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , phenylephrine , tachycardia , wpw syndrome , baroreceptor , white (mutation) , refractory (planetary science) , cardiology , heart rate , blood pressure , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , astrobiology , gene
Summary A patient with Wolff‐Parkinson‐White syndrome, susceptible to tachydysrhythmias, presented for eye surgery under general anaesthesia. He developed a supraventricular tachycardia refractory to a variety of treatments. Phenylephrine consistently abolished the dysrhythmia, probably by acting directly to stimulate the arterial baroreceptors and hence vagal output. Vasopressor therapy should be considered in Wolff‐Parkinson‐ White syndrome tachyarhythmias, when circumstances permit.