Preliminary report on high thoracic epidural analgesia: Relationship between its therapeutic effects and myocardial blood flow as assessed by stress thallium distribution

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 657-661

  Gramling Babb, Patricia M ^a,b   Zile, Michael R ^a,b   Reeves, Scott T ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MUSC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; High thoracic epidural analgesia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033664006     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2000.18312     Document Type: Article

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