High thoracic epidural anesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 256-262

  Salvi, Luca ^a   Sisillo, Erminio ^a   Brambillasca, Claudio ^a   Juliano, Glauco ^a   Salis, Stefano ^a   Marino, Maria R ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

anesthesia; coronary artery bypass surgery; epidural; off pump

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DILTIAZEM; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; PANCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INDEX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 3042656740     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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