Does high thoracic epidural analgesia with levobupivacaine preserve myocardium? A prospective randomized study.

Serife Gokbulut BektasSema TuranUmit KaradenizBurcin OzturkSoner YavasDilan BiricikGul Sevim SaydamOzcan Erdemli

Published in: BioMed research international (2015)

Patients that underwent CABG and received HTEA had better myocardial function and perioperative haemodynamic parameters than those who did not receive HTEA.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
cardiac surgery
coronary artery bypass grafting
pain management
ultrasound guided
patient reported outcomes
coronary artery disease
acute kidney injury
acute coronary syndrome
patient reported