Comparison of the cardiovascular effects of cisatracurium and vecuronium in patients with coronary artery disease

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 794-797

  Reich, David L ^a   Mulier, Jan ^b,f   Viby Mogensen, Jorgen ^c   Konstadt, Steven N ^a   Van Aken, Hugo K ^d,f   Jensen, Frank S ^c   DePerio, Marietta ^a   Buckley, Stephen G ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sint Jan Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CISATRACURIUM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031740251     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012152     Document Type: Article

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