Regional anesthesia for the cardiac risk patient: Pro's and con's

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 42, Issue 112, 1998, Pages 156-159

  Van Aken, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; SUFENTANIL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0031669732     PISSN: 05152720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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