Pro: Anesthesiologists' role in treating refractory angina: Spinal cord stimulators, thoracic epidurals, therapeutic angiogenesis, and other emerging options

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 536-545

  Svorkdal, Nelson ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Emerging therapies; Refractory angina pectoris

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG FATALITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENE TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART OUTPUT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041355253     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00182-4     Document Type: Article

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