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Few cases of bradycardic complications occurring under intravenous sedation have been reported. Here, we report a case of vasovagal syncope with asystole (7.2 seconds) associated with propofol sedation.
Keywords: Vasovagal syncope; Propofol sedation
Copyright: © 2015 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Figure 1.
Preoperative electrocardiogram.
Figure 2.
Asystole (7.2 seconds in duration).
Figure 3.
Normalized electrocardiogram after atropine was administered.
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to Dr Keiko Fujii-Abe, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Department of Oral Restitution, Anesthesiology and Clinical Physiology, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8549, Japan; abekanph@tmd.ac.jp.
Received: Dec 03, 2013
Accepted: Mar 19, 2015
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