Treatment of medically and surgically refractory angina pectoris with high thoracic epidural analgesia: Initial clinical experience

American Heart Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 648-655

  Gramling Babb, P ^a   Miller, M J ^a   Reeves, S T ^a   Roy, R C ^a   Zile, M R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INNERVATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0030855325     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(97)70166-2     Document Type: Article

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