Diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility during CABG surgery

GIRARD, T.
BALLY, S.
LANGER, I.
SCHÜRCH, M.

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Research, Kantonsspital/University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
²Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital/University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Source of financial support: Department of Anesthesia, Kantonsspital, University Basel, Switzerland.

Address: Thierry Girard, MD Department of Anesthesia Kantonsspital Basel CH-4031, Basel Switzerland e-mail: [email protected]

Accepted for publication 23 September 2002

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 47(2):p 233-235, February 2003.

A 55-year-old man presented for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Malignant hyperthermia (MH) was suspected in his family. This case report describes a diagnostic approach to obtain a definite MH diagnosis by performing an in vitro contracture test at the time of CABG surgery in combination with molecular genetic investigations.