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Ventricular Asystole and Arrhythmia during Surgery Provoked by Profound Hypothermia  

Park, Hyun-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
Son, Ju-Woong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
Lim, Kyu-Seong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
Park, Choul-Ki (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
Park, So-Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
Paik, Seung-Sook (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
Kim, Woo-Shik (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
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The Korean Journal of Medicine / v.81, no.3, 2011 , pp. 382-386 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 55-year-old man underwent a posterior decompression and fusion under general anesthesia. Near the end of the operation, the pressure waveform from the radial artery became flat, and his oxygen level could not be measured using pulse oximetry. Palpation of the carotid artery revealed no heart rate, and ventricular asystole was diagnosed. The patient was given cardiovascular drugs, but his hemodynamic status deteriorated, leading to severe hypotension, with sinus bradycardia, sinus tachycardia, sinus arrest, and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. The patient had hypothermia based on an axillary temperature of $31.9^{\circ}C$. After active warming, his cardiovascular status stabilized.
Keywords
Asystole; Arrhythmia; Hypothermia;
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