Successful treatment of bepridil-induced intraoperative torsades de pointes by isoproterenol infusion
| Autor: | Kyungho Chang, Shigehito Sawamura, Ken Shimano, Yoshiki Hara, Atsushi Yasuda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Bradycardia
QT interval medicine.medical_specialty Bepridil Torsades de pointes Case Report Anesthesiology Heart rate Medicine Sinus rhythm RD78.3-87.3 business.industry RC86-88.9 Isoproterenol Atrial fibrillation Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid medicine.disease Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | JA Clinical Reports JA Clinical Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2363-9024 |
| Popis: | Background Several types of antiarrhythmic drugs are known to induce QT prolongation and torsades de pointes. Case presentation An 84-year-old man was scheduled for open gastrectomy for residual cancer. He had been prescribed bepridil for atrial fibrillation that converted to sinus rhythm with prolonged QT interval in the operating room. After the surgery was initiated under general and epidural anesthesia, the patient’s heart rate decreased to 50/min and multifocal premature ventricular contractions appeared, followed by several episodes of torsades de pointes, each lasting for 5 to 15 s. Infusion of isoproterenol was started (0.01 μg/kg/min), and the heart rate was maintained at around 80/min. Premature ventricular contractions disappeared, and torsades de pointes did not recur during the surgery. The operation was completed uneventfully. The serum bepridil concentration was found to be extremely high postoperatively. Conclusions Bepridil-induced intraoperative episodes of torsades de pointes were successfully treated by increasing the heart rate with isoproterenol. |
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