PMID: 9429821Jan 16, 1998Paper

Epidural anesthesia in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Current Opinion in Cardiology
B J Riedel, I G Wright

Abstract

Thoracic epidural anesthesia may affect the outcome of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery beneficially by producing superlative perioperative analgesia, stress response attenuation, and cardiac sympatholysis. The technique of instrumentation in combination with full intraoperative heparinization, however, may risk potentially serious adverse effects and undesirable drug effects. This article attempts to establish whether a favorable risk/benefit ratio exists and to clarify the role of sympatholysis by thoracic epidural anesthesia in cardiac surgery.

Citations

Feb 10, 2004·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·Thomas M HemmerlingJoanne D Fortier
Jun 28, 2003·The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·Haldun Y KaragozKemal Bayazit
Jan 7, 2004·Anaesthesia·R O Feneck
Oct 18, 2003·Anesthesiology Clinics of North America·Stanton K Shernan
Mar 1, 2005·Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia·George DjaianiW Scott Beattie
Mar 15, 2006·Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology·Julian AlvarezPeter G Atanassoff

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