Anaesthesia in patients with Brugada syndrome

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2004 Sep;48(8):1058-61. doi: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00470.x.

Abstract

Brugada syndrome is characterized by right bundle branch block, ST segment elevation in the precordial leads and sudden death caused by ventricular fibrillation. We present two successful anaesthetic management cases in patients with Brugada syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / complications*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fractures, Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orthopedic Procedures
  • Patella / injuries
  • Patella / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Compression / surgery
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Syncope / complications*
  • Syndrome
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology