Anaesthetic management of pacemaker implantation in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy and acquired complete atrioventricular heart block

We report a case of an 8-year-old girl who presented with syncopal attacks and a history of viral illness a month ago. On examination, she was conscious, oriented but had a heart rate of 42/min which was unresponsive to atropine. She was started on dobutamine and isoproterenol. Electrocardiography a...

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Published in:Indian journal of anaesthesia 2019-11, Vol.63 (11), p.938-940
Main Authors: Choudhary, Garima, Syal, Rashmi, Kumar, Rakesh, Kamal, Manoj
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anaesthetic management
Anesthesia
Arrhythmia
Blood pressure
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiomyopathy
Case Report
complete heart block
Congestive cardiomyopathy
dilated cardiomyopathy
Echocardiography
Ejection fraction
Electrocardiography
Heart block
Heart rate
Ketamine
Myocardial diseases
myocarditis
Neuromuscular blocking agents
pacemaker
Pancuronium
Patients
Pediatric anesthesia
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Summary:We report a case of an 8-year-old girl who presented with syncopal attacks and a history of viral illness a month ago. On examination, she was conscious, oriented but had a heart rate of 42/min which was unresponsive to atropine. She was started on dobutamine and isoproterenol. Electrocardiography and echocardiography revealed complete heart block with moderate tricuspid regurgitation, dilated cardiomyopathy and low ejection fraction. Patient was planned for urgent permanent pacemaker insertion. General anaesthesia was administered with endotracheal tube and controlled ventilation using fentanyl, ketamine and pancuronium. For patient safety, invasive arterial monitoring was instituted and external pacing was kept standby. Transvenous pacemaker leads were implanted onto the right ventricular wall through the left subclavian vein.
ISSN:0019-5049
0976-2817
DOI:10.4103/ija.IJA_411_19