Left stellate ganglion block for continuous ventricular arrhythmias during percutaneous left ventricular assist device support

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 409-411

  Loyalka, Pranav ^a   Hariharan, Ramesh ^a   Gholkar, Gunjan ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Tamerisa, Ravi ^b   Nathan, Sriram ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^a  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiac drug therapy therapy; Cardiogenic etiology physiopathology; Heart conduction system physiology; Heart rate drug effects; Heart assist devices; Myocardial infarction complications therapy; Shock; Stellate ganglion physiopathology; Treatment outcome; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BUPIVACAINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LIDOCAINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY STENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; PULSE WAVE; Q WAVE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; STELLATE GANGLION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80051707850     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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