PMID: 22564694May 9, 2012Paper

Cardiac arrest during anaesthesia in a young adult with occult cardiomyopathy

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Jesper FjølnerThorbjørn Grøfte

Abstract

Severe heart failure is a significant risk factor in anaesthesia. We present a case of circulatory collapse and cardiac arrest during routine anaesthesia of a younger man, caused by occult dilated cardiomyopathy. We propose preoperative focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography as useful in detecting cardiopulmonary pathology.

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