Epidural analgesia for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

On reviewing the medical literature, there is a clear resurgence of interest in the use of TEA (thoracic epidural analgesic) in cardiac anaesthesia. This resurgence was brought about by laboratory-based evidence that TEA-induced sympatholysis may be cardioprotective through the promotion of myocardi...

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Main Author: Riedel, Bernard J C J
Other Authors: James, Michael F M
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25890