Thoracic epidural anesthesia preserves myocardial function during intraoperative and postoperative period in coronary artery bypass grafting operation

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 559-567

  Kiliçkan, Levent ^a,c   Solak, M ^a   Bayindir, O ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Myocardial function; Thoracic epidural anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CARDIOPLEGIC AGENT; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; IOPAMIDOL; IOPAMIRO 300; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 33644532838     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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