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CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Severe Myxedema After Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Christopher J. O’Connor, MD^*, Robert March, MD, and Kenneth J. Tuman, MD^*

Departments of *Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Rush Medical College, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Christopher J. O’Connor, MD, Rush Medical College, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, 1653 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612. Address e-mail to coconnor{at}rush.edu

IMPLICATIONS: We report a case illustrating the serious perioperative consequences that can potentially result from failure to provide adequate thyroid hormone therapy for severe hypothyroidism before cardiac surgery.

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