Thoracic epidural anesthesia does not improve the incidence of arrhythmias after transthoracic esophagectomy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-21

  Hyun, Joo Ahn ^a   Woo, Seok Sim ^a   Young, Mog Shim ^a   Jie, Ae Kim ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Esophageal cancer; Thoracic epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ARRHYTHMIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 21244453140     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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