In Vitro Contracture Test Results and Anaesthetic Management of a Patient with Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy for Cardiac Transplantation

In Vitro Contracture Test Results and Anaesthetic Management of a Patient with Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy for Cardiac Transplantation

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a hereditary neuromuscular disorder characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness, early contractures, and dilated cardiomyopathy. We reported an uneventful general anaesthesia using total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) for cardiac transplantation in...

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Main Authors: Frank Schuster, Carsten Wessig, Christoph Schimmer, Stephan Johannsen, Marc Lazarus, Ivan Aleksic, Rainer Leyh, Norbert Roewer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/349046

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