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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1981, Vol. 53, No. 12 1347-1350
© 1981 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

case-report

PROLONGATION OF THE Q-T INTERVAL (ROMANO-WARD SYNDROME): ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT

J. PONTE, M.D., PH.D., F.F.A.R.C.S.* and J. LUND, M.D.

Department of Anaesthesia Akademiska Sjukhuset, 750 14 Uppsala, Sweden

*Present address for correspondence: Division of Anaesthesia, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS.

The anaesthetic management is described of a patient with prolonged Q-T interval which had been complicated by ventricular fibrillation at induction of general anaesthesia for a previous operation. This complication was prevented by effective premedication with i.v. propranolol and block of the left stellate ganglion.


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