Anesthetic Considerations for Pediatric Patients With Congenital Long QT Syndrome

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Jul;33(7):2030-2038. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.005. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

Authors

Genevieve E Staudt¹, Scott C Watkins²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL.

PMID: 30553610
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.005

No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmias; congenital long QT syndrome; pediatric anesthesia; torsades de pointes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesia / methods*
Anesthetics / pharmacology*
Child
Heart Conduction System / drug effects*
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / congenital*
Long QT Syndrome / genetics

Substances

Anesthetics