A bimonthly publication part of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology portfolio of journals connected with ABC Cardiol publishing national and international scientific production in the field of cardiovascular sciences.
ISSN 2359-4802
eISSN 2359-5647
Ana Carolina Guimarães Oliveira
, Itamara Lucia Itagiba Neves
, Luciana Sacilotto
, Natália Quintella Sangiorgi Olivetti
, Savia Christina Pereira Bueno
, [...]
Ana Carolina Guimarães Oliveira
, Itamara Lucia Itagiba Neves
, Luciana Sacilotto
, Natália Quintella Sangiorgi Olivetti
, Savia Christina Pereira Bueno
, [...]
Abstract Background Dental anesthetic management in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients with cardiac channelopathies (CCh) can be challenging due to the potential risk of life-threatening arrhythmias and appropriate ICD therapies during procedural time. Objectives The present study assessed the hypothesis that the use of local dental anesthesia with 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine or without a vasoconstrictor can be safe in selected ICD and CCh patients, not resulting in life-threatening events (LTE). Methods Restorative dental treatment under local dental anesthesia […]
Keywords: Anesthesia, Dental/methods; Defibrillators, Implantable; Channelopathies, Epinephrine; Lidocaine