Role of preemptive stellate ganglion blockade in prevention of radial artery spasm during off-pump CABG

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-141

  El Raouf, Mohamed Abd ^a,c   El Regal, Esmat Abo ^a   El Halafawy, Yasser ^a   Helmy, Tarek ^a   El Henawy, Abdelsalam ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CABG; Radial artery; Stellate ganglion block

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIMB PAIN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STELLATE GANGLION; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; STERNUM;

EID: 0242362845     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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