Awake coronary artery bypass grafting under thoracic epidural anesthesia: Great impact on off-pump coronary revascularization and fast-track recovery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 788-793

  Watanabe, Go ^a   Tomita, Shigeyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Shojiro ^a   Yashiki, Noriyoshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Awake; OPCAB; Thoracic epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL CITRATE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052971398     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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