Electrocardiographic changes after lung resection: Case report and brief review

The incidence of acute coronary syndrome after a lung resection is less, especially in an asymptomatic patient. However, arrhythmias are very commonly encountered which can be benign or may require anti-arrhythmic agents thereby increasing stay postoperatively in the Intensive Care Unit. We encounte...

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Autores principales: Nair, Abhijit S., Macherla, Gopi, Sahoo, Rajendra Kumar, Verma, Sunjoy
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26417141
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.154048
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description The incidence of acute coronary syndrome after a lung resection is less, especially in an asymptomatic patient. However, arrhythmias are very commonly encountered which can be benign or may require anti-arrhythmic agents thereby increasing stay postoperatively in the Intensive Care Unit. We encountered unexpected ST-T changes after a left upper lobectomy under general anesthesia in a 60-year-old lady in the immediate postoperative period that made us to review the literature for electrocardiographic abnormalities after lung resection surgeries.
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spelling pubmed-45639802015-09-28 Electrocardiographic changes after lung resection: Case report and brief review Nair, Abhijit S. Macherla, Gopi Sahoo, Rajendra Kumar Verma, Sunjoy Anesth Essays Res Case Report The incidence of acute coronary syndrome after a lung resection is less, especially in an asymptomatic patient. However, arrhythmias are very commonly encountered which can be benign or may require anti-arrhythmic agents thereby increasing stay postoperatively in the Intensive Care Unit. We encountered unexpected ST-T changes after a left upper lobectomy under general anesthesia in a 60-year-old lady in the immediate postoperative period that made us to review the literature for electrocardiographic abnormalities after lung resection surgeries. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4563980/ /pubmed/26417141 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.154048 Text en Copyright: © Anesthesia: Essays and Researches http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Electrocardiographic changes after lung resection: Case report and brief review
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title_full Electrocardiographic changes after lung resection: Case report and brief review
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title_short Electrocardiographic changes after lung resection: Case report and brief review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26417141
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