Our Experience of Conscious Sedation as an Anaesthetic Technique in patients undergoing Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Authors

  • BMM Choudhury Department of Anaesthesiology, NICVD, Dhaka
  • M Rahman Department of Anaesthesiology, NICVD, Dhaka
  • R Sultana Department of Anaesthesiology, NICVD, Dhaka
  • AK Beg Department of Anaesthesiology, NICVD, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/cardio.v4i1.9388

Keywords:

Ventricular dysrhythmias, Autamatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Conscious sedation

Abstract

Ten patients with life threatening ventricular arrhythmias who underwent placement of automatic cardioverter defibrillator ( AICD) under conscious sedation are reported. Our clinical experience, patient,s satisfaction, recovery profile and complications of the technique of conscious sedation is presented and discussed.

Key words: Ventricular dysrhythmias; Autamatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Conscious sedation

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cardio.v4i1.9388

Cardiovasc. J. 2011; 4(1): 42-45

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Choudhury, B., Rahman, M., Sultana, R., & Beg, A. (2012). Our Experience of Conscious Sedation as an Anaesthetic Technique in patients undergoing Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Cardiovascular Journal, 4(1), 42–45. https://doi.org/10.3329/cardio.v4i1.9388

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2011)

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Original Articles