Left Stellate Ganglion Blockade for the Management of Drug-Resistant Electrical Storm

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1196-1198

  Patel, Rishin A ^a   Priore, Debra L ^a   Szeto, Wilson Y ^a   Slevin, Kieran A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Pain; Anesthesiology; Cervical; Clinical Significance; Congestive Heart Failure; Pain Management; Spine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICAL STORM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 80051675992     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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