Differential effects of lumbar and thoracic epidural anaesthesia on the haemodynamic response to acute right ventricular pressure overload

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Missant, C ^a   Claus, P ^b   Rex, S ^c   Wouters, P F ^d  

^a Centre for Experimental Anaesthesiology

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Complications, pulmonary hypertension; Heart, myocardial function; Heart, ventricles; Lung, intravascular pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 76749166993     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep354     Document Type: Article

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