Effect of thoracic epidural anesthesia on spontaneous postinfarction ventricular dysrhythmia in awake dogs

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 318-324

  Hogan, Quinn H ^a   Novalija, Enis ^a   Kulier, Alexander H ^a   Turner, Lawrence A ^a   Bosnjak, Zeljko J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Lidocaine; Myocardial infarction; Thoracic anesthesia; Ventricular dysrhythmia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030759815     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(97)80005-3     Document Type: Article

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