High thoracic epidural anesthesia, but not clonidine, attenuates the perioperative stress response via sympatholysis and reduces the release of troponin T in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 701-709

  Loick, Heinz Michael ^a   Schmidt, Christoph ^a   Van Aken, Hugo ^a   Junker, Ralf ^a   Erren, Michael ^a   Berendes, Elmar ^a   Rolf, Norbert ^a   Meißner, Andreas ^a   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Scheld, Hans Heinrich ^a   Möllhoff, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; TROPONIN T;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0032898192     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199904000-00001     Document Type: Article

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