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Ebstein Anomaly

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

ArrhythmiasCyanosisStroke RiskAvoid IV bubblesAvoid HypoxiaAvoid HypercarbiaAvoid AcidosisAvoid TachycardiaAvoid Beta AgonistsAvoid HypotensionAvoid HypovolemiaAvoid Pulmonary HypertensionPulmonary HypertensionReduced Cardiac OutputParadoxical Embolism

Pathophysiology

Ebstein anomaly is a failure of the tricuspid leaflets to delaminate from the interventricular septum in utero. The septal and posterior leaflets end up displaced apically — by definition more than 8...

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