Korean J Anesthesiol.
2010 Dec;59(Suppl):S110-S113. 10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S110.
Acute, fatal postoperative myocardial infarction after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a cardiac patient: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. h70sm@hallym.or.kr
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
- 3Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.
- KMID: 2237366
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S110
Abstract
- This report presents the case of a 63-year-old man who had a myocardial infarction leading to coronary artery bypass graft 2 years earlier who subsequently underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. After an uneventful operation, the patient developed an acute postoperative myocardial infarction in the recovery room and died 19 days postoperatively. Anesthesiologists should be aware of the rare possibility of acute, fatal postoperative myocardial infarction and consider this complication when they perform the preoperative risk evaluation, anesthesia, and postoperative care for cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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