Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased incidence of ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after congenital cardiac operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 964-972

  Chrysostomou, Constantinos ^a   Sanchez De Toledo, Joan ^c   Wearden, Peter ^a   Jooste, Edmund H ^a   Lichtenstein, Steven E ^a   Callahan, Patrick M ^a   Suresh, Tunga ^a   O'Malley, Elizabeth ^a   Shiderly, Dana ^a   Haney, Jamie ^b   Yoshida, Masahiro ^a   Orr, Richard ^a   Munoz, Ricardo ^a   Morell, Victor O ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX SURGERY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052790878     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.099     Document Type: Article

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