Suspected Malignant Hyperthermia During Biventricular Assist Device Implantation in a Patient With Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Jun;31(3):1025-1031. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.08.022. Epub 2016 Aug 21.

Authors

Karsten Schmidt¹, Anke Missler², Christoph Lichtenstern², Thorsten Brenner², Bastian Schmack³, Arjang Ruhparwar³, Markus A Weigand², Stefan Hofer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: Karsten.Schmidt@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ Department of Cardic Surgery, Heart Centre, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 27842951
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.08.022

No abstract available

Keywords: biventricular assist device implantation; left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy; malignant hyperthermia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fatal Outcome
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Male
Malignant Hyperthermia / diagnostic imaging*
Malignant Hyperthermia / etiology
Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

Noncompaction of Left Ventricular Myocardium with Congenital Heart Defects