"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
ETS for severe cases of LQT
Left cervical sympathectomy:
Selective left cervical sympathectomy
may be considered for:
1. Those with severe disease and in
whom beta blockers are contra-
indicated or AICD cannot be placed or
is not wanted. 2. Controlling VT
storms in those with an AICD, 3.
LQT3 or a personal or family history
of events during rest or sleep.
From the publication by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand,
Volume XVIII, No. 1, March 2006
This document represents the views of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. The guidelines were approved by the Council of the CSANZ on 25th November, 2005.
Selective left cervical sympathectomy
may be considered for:
1. Those with severe disease and in
whom beta blockers are contra-
indicated or AICD cannot be placed or
is not wanted. 2. Controlling VT
storms in those with an AICD, 3.
LQT3 or a personal or family history
of events during rest or sleep.
From the publication by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand,
Volume XVIII, No. 1, March 2006
This document represents the views of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. The guidelines were approved by the Council of the CSANZ on 25th November, 2005.