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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 45, 1203-1206, Copyright © 1998 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Anaesthetic management of a patient with Williams syndrome undergoing aortoplasty for supravalvular aortic stenosis

S Kawahito, H Kitahata, H Kimura, K Tanaka, Y Sakai, Y Hirose and S Oshita
Department of Anaesthesiology, Tokushima University School of Medicine, Japan. kawahito@clin.med

PURPOSE: A case of a patient associated with Williams syndrome undergoing aortoplasty for supravalvular aortic stenosis is presented. CLINICAL FEATURES: Williams syndrome is a rare disease associated with a characteristic facies, supravalvular aortic stenosis, and mental retardation. A 15-yr-old girl with Williams syndrome underwent aortoplasty for supravalvular aortic stenosis. Anaesthesia was induced with fentanyl and thiamylal, and maintained with nitrous oxide, oxygen, sevoflurane, and continuous intravenous infusion of fentanyl. Supravalvular aortic stenosis was evaluated using a multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probe before and after repair. CONCLUSION: Multiplane TEE was found to be very useful for anaesthetic management in a patient with Williams syndrome undergoing aortoplasty for supravalvular aortic stenosis.




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