Cardiac arrest after sugammadex administration in a patient with variant angina: a case report

A 76-year-old man with no notable medical history was scheduled for a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. After the operation, he was given sugammadex. Two minutes later, ventricular premature contraction bigeminy began, followed by cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest occurred three times and cardiopul...

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Published inKorean journal of anesthesiology Vol. 69; no. 5; pp. 514 - 517
Main Authors Ko, Myoung Jin, Kim, Yong Han, Kang, Eunsu, Lee, Byeong-Cheol, Lee, Sujung, Jung, Jae-Wook
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 01.10.2016
Korean Society of Anesthesiologists
대한마취통증의학회
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Case Report
heart arrest
sugammadex
variant angina
마취과학
Heart arrest
Variant angina
Sugammadex
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ISSN2005-6419
2005-7563
2005-7563
DOI10.4097/kjae.2016.69.5.514

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Summary:A 76-year-old man with no notable medical history was scheduled for a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. After the operation, he was given sugammadex. Two minutes later, ventricular premature contraction bigeminy began, followed by cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest occurred three times and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was done. The patient recovered after the third cardiopulmonary resuscitation and was transferred to the intensive care unit. Coronary angiography was done on postoperative day 1. The patient was diagnosed with variant angina and discharged uneventfully on postoperative day 8.
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ISSN:2005-6419
2005-7563
2005-7563
DOI:10.4097/kjae.2016.69.5.514