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[Flecainide and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in the operating room]. 1988

A Borgeat, and D Thorin

Département d'anesthésiologie et de réanimation, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.

The case is reported of a 52-year-old woman who developed paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia prior to induction of general anesthesia. This arrhythmia, resistant to vagal stimulation and verapamil, was finally ended by the administration of flecainide in the operating room.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D012086	Reoperation	A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery.	Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D004562	Electrocardiography	Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY.	12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260	Female		Females
D005424	Flecainide	A potent anti-arrhythmia agent, effective in a wide range of ventricular and atrial ARRHYTHMIAS and TACHYCARDIAS.	Flecainide Acetate,Apocard,Flecadura,Flecainid-Isis,Flecainide Monoacetate,Flecainide Monoacetate, (+-)-Isomer,Flecainide Monoacetate, (R)-Isomer,Flecainide Monoacetate, (S)-Isomer,Flecainide, (R)-Isomer,Flecainide, (S)-Isomer,Flecainide, 5-HO-N-(6-oxo)-Derivative,Flecainide, 5-HO-N-(6-oxo)-Derivative, (+-)-Isomer,Flecatab,Flécaïne,R818,Tambocor,Flecainid Isis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000768	Anesthesia, General	Procedure in which patients are induced into an unconscious state through use of various medications so that they do not feel pain during surgery.	Anesthesias, General,General Anesthesia,General Anesthesias
D013529	Surgical Wound Dehiscence	Pathologic process consisting of a partial or complete disruption of the layers of a surgical wound.	Dehiscence, Surgical Wound,Wound Dehiscence, Surgical
D013617	Tachycardia, Supraventricular	A generic expression for any tachycardia that originates above the BUNDLE OF HIS.	Supraventricular Tachycardia,Supraventricular Tachycardias,Tachycardias, Supraventricular