Acute, fatal postoperative myocardial infarction after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a cardiac patient: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2010.59.S.S110
- Author:
Jae Jun LEE
1
;
Sung Mi HWANG
;
Hyoung Soo KIM
;
Byoung Yoon RYU
;
Jin KIM
;
Ji Su JANG
;
So Young LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. h70sm@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Myocardial infarction;
Noncardiac surgery
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic;
Coronary Artery Bypass;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Myocardial Infarction;
Postoperative Care;
Recovery Room;
Transplants
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2010;59(Suppl):S110-S113
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
