Inhibition of Premature Ventricular Contractions by Desflurane

Menachem M Weiner; Michael Greco; Wenchi Kevin Tsai; Alexander J C Mittnacht

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2013.11.004

Inhibition of Premature Ventricular Contractions by Desflurane

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Aug;29(4):1003-5. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.11.004. Epub 2014 Feb 28.

Authors

Menachem M Weiner¹, Michael Greco², Wenchi Kevin Tsai³, Alexander J C Mittnacht²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: menachem.weiner@mountsinai.org.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Electrophysiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

PMID: 24589073
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.11.004

No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmias; cardiac anesthesia; desflurane; electrophysiology procedures; inhalational anesthetics; premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anesthetics, Inhalation / pharmacology
Anesthetics, Inhalation / therapeutic use*
Desflurane
Electrocardiography / drug effects
Humans
Isoflurane / analogs & derivatives*
Isoflurane / pharmacology
Isoflurane / therapeutic use
Male
Ventricular Premature Complexes / diagnosis*
Ventricular Premature Complexes / drug therapy*
Ventricular Premature Complexes / physiopathology

Substances

Anesthetics, Inhalation
Desflurane
Isoflurane