Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia as a Bridge to Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 629-631

  Sisillo, Erminio ^a   Salvi, Luca ^b   Juliano, Glauco ^b   Gregu, Sebastiana ^b   Brambillasca, Claudio ^b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bridge to surgery; High thoracic epidural anesthesia; Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery; Redo surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; NITRATE; PANCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0142094654     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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