Cardiac anaesthesia in a patient with myotonic dystrophy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a patient with myotonic dystrophy who required open-heart surgery for an atrial septal defect. He also had a sick sinus syndrome and an abnormal myocardium on histological examination. Anaesthesia using fentanyl, droperidol, nitrous oxide and a low concentration of enflurane was uneventful. Atelectasis of the left lung developed on the first postoperative day after removal of the tracheal tube. This was successfully treated by fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, General
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Myotonic Dystrophy
- Pacemaker, Artificial