Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy - Its effect in the treatment of refractory angina pectoris

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 464-468

  Stritesky, Martin ^a   Dobias, Milos ^a   Demes, Rudolf ^a   Semrad, Michal ^a   Poliachova, Eva ^a   Cermak, Tomas ^a   Charvat, Jiri ^a   Malek, Ivan ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Refractory angina; Videoscopic thoracic sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33746737564     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.118976     Document Type: Article

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