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Anesthesia in a child with newly diagnosed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
KAPLANIAN SERGE,
CHAMBERS NEIL A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01922.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , bradycardia , resuscitation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , sudden death , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , anesthesia , sudden cardiac death , sudden cardiac arrest , heart failure , heart rate , blood pressure
Summary We report the initial resuscitation and subsequent management of a child with newly diagnosed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), which presented as an out of hospital cardiac arrest. HCM is an autosomal dominant condition that is uncommonly encountered in the pediatric setting and is an important cause of sudden death. Here, we describe the safe use of an anesthetic technique for insertion of an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator that ensured strict hemodynamic stability and modest bradycardia.