One-Lung Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Brugada Syndrome: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2005.49.2.251
- Author:
Sun Ho BAK
1
;
Hye Gyeong KIM
;
Ji Hyang LEE
;
Sang Gon LEE
;
Jong Seok BAN
;
Byung Woo MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. wendy9795@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
arrhythmia;
Brugada syndrome;
cardiac arrest;
sudden death
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anesthesia, General;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Asia, Southeastern;
Brugada Syndrome*;
Bundle-Branch Block;
Clinical Coding;
Death, Sudden;
Electrocardiography;
Heart;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Lung;
Myocardium;
Pneumothorax;
Syncope;
Ventricular Fibrillation
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2005;49(2):251-255
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Brugada syndrome is an arrhythmogenic disease that is manifested by specific patterns of right bundle branch block with ST elevation in right precordial (V1-V3) ECG leads causing ventricular fibrillation, leads to a sudden death without organic heart problems. It is an incomplete penetrating autosomal dominant disease that is due to mutation in SCN5A gene, coding for Na+ channel of cardiac muscles. This syndrome is more common and may be endemic in southeast Asia. Although it is a highly risky disease, it's preventive treatment for arrhythmia has not been established yet. We experienced a case of 28 year old man who had wedge resection of lung because of spontaneous pneumothorax under general anesthesia and who was suspected Brugada syndrome based on specific ECG patterns and a family history of his father's sudden death after syncope.
