Regional anaesthesia in patients at coronary risk for noncardiac and cardiac surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-25

  Möllhoff, Thomas ^a   Theilmeier, Gregor ^a   Van Aken, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035156410     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200102000-00004     Document Type: Article

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