Post cardiac surgery diaphragmatic spasm successfully treated with gabapentin

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-283

  Spoladore, Roberto ^a   Garroni, Dina ^b   Fragasso, Gabriele ^a   Palloshi, Altin ^a   Amadio, Stefano ^a   Montano, Chiara ^a   Corti, Angelo ^a   Margonato, Alberto ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Universita' Vita Salute San Raffaele ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Diaphragmatic spasm; Gabapentin

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAIN; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPASM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; SPASM;

EID: 33646491759     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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