High thoracic epidural anesthesia as the sole anesthetic for redo off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-86

  Chakravarthy, Murali ^a   Jawali, Vivek ^a   Patil, T A ^a   Srinivasan, K N ^a   Jayaprakash, K ^a   Mahajan, Vaibhav ^a   Manohar, Murali ^a   Das, Jayant K ^a   Khan, Javed ^a  

^a Wockhardt Hospital & Heart Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Awake patient; High thoracic epidural anesthesia; Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037295096     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2003.16     Document Type: Article

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