TYK223

Conditions that present risk of perioperative arrhythmia include all of the following EXCEPT:

a) Long QT syndrome

b) Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

c) Dressler’s syndrome

d) Coronary vasculopathy

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Answer

Answer c. Dressler’s syndrome (secondary pericarditis following myocardial injury) is not usually associated with risk of perioperative arrhythmia. The other choices all confer arrythmogenicity and increase the risk of potentially lethal events.

Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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