Thoracic epidural anesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a spontaneously breathing conscious patient

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 565-567

  Gatti, Giuseppe ^a,b   Piccione, Riccardo ^a   Pugliese, Peppino ^a  

^a Villa Torri Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; THORAX;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORAX;

EID: 1542785308     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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