Thoracic epidural anesthesia for treatment of angina Pro: The anesthesiologist should provide epidural anesthesia in the coronary care unit for patients with severe angina

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Staats, Peter S ^a,b   Panchal, Sunil J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Coronary artery disease; Coronary care unit; Epidural analgesia; Epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYMPATHECTOMY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY CARE UNITS; HUMANS; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031066006     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(97)90264-0     Document Type: Article

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