The long-term treatment is aimed at reducing the QT-interval duration and preventing the torsades and sudden death and includes use of oral [beta]-adrenergic blockers, implantation of permanent pacemaker/cardioverter-defibrillator, and left thoracic
sympathectomy.
American Heart Journal. 143(1):7-14, January 2002.
Khan, Ijaz A. MD, FACP, FACC
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
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Sympathetic blocks can also alter the function of organs that have a sympathetic control component
Sympathetic blocks can also alter the function of organs that have a sympathetic control component...
However, surgical sympathectomy may result in a compensatory hyperhidrosis: a condition characterized by abnormally profuse sweating in a location remote form the sympathectomy. Other complications can also occur, including paresis, paralysis, and bowel or bladder dysfunction. Neurolytic procedures typically can only be considered if all other measures have failed.
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However, surgical sympathectomy may result in a compensatory hyperhidrosis: a condition characterized by abnormally profuse sweating in a location remote form the sympathectomy. Other complications can also occur, including paresis, paralysis, and bowel or bladder dysfunction. Neurolytic procedures typically can only be considered if all other measures have failed.
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