Sevoflurane-associated torsade de pointes in a patient with congenital long QT syndrome genotype 2.

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Although patients with congenital long QT syndrome (c-LQTS) are considered to be at high risk for anesthesia, few reports describe c-LQTS genotype-specific considerations for anesthesia. We describe a case of torsade de pointes (TdP) caused by sevoflurane in a patient with c-LQTS genotype 2 (LQT2). A 39-year-old woman diagnosed with c-LQTS was scheduled for an elective therapeutic abortion. Immediately after...

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