Korean J Anesthesiol.  1987 Apr;20(2):240-243. 10.4097/kjae.1987.20.2.240.

A Case Report of W-P-W Syndrome Experience During General Anesthesia

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

The incidence of W-P-W syndrome is often noted in patients without other evidence of heart diseases. However, most of them wlll have supraventricular arrhythmias, characterized by paroxismal tachyarrhythmias. W-P-W- syndrome may be complicated by severe hypotension, syncope, congestive heart failure, atrial and/or ventrioular fibrillation and even sudden death, We experienced a case of W-P-W syndrome Immediately after induction of general anes-thesia on a patient with preoperatively normal ECG patterne and no evidence of otder heart disease.


MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, General*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Death, Sudden
Electrocardiography
Heart Diseases
Heart Failure
Humans
Hypotension
Incidence
Syncope
Tachycardia
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