The role of thoracic epidural blockade in predicting responsiveness to left sympathetic denervation in patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 844-846

  Chen, Shiu Yi Emily ^a   Cucchiaro, Giovanni ^a   Bushman, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; genetics; left cardiac sympathetic denervation; pediatrics; thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIODARONE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOPAMINE; ESMOLOL; FENTANYL; MAGNESIUM; MIDAZOLAM; MILRINONE; POTASSIUM; TROPONIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA FLUID; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SEDATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VOMITING;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SYMPATHECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 80053564294     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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