CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN THE AWAKE PATIENT USING A HIGH THORACIC EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA: CAN WE ALSO BYPASS THE CARDIOSURGICAL ICU? 

2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. B25-B25
Author(s):  
Paul Kessler ◽  
Gerd Neidhart ◽  
Volker Lischke ◽  
Tayfun Aybek ◽  
Selami Dogan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Epidural Anesthesia ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Bypass Grafting ◽  
Awake Patient ◽  
Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Thoracic Epidural ◽  
High Thoracic Epidural

Awake Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Initial Experience in a Rural Cardiac Centre

JMS SKIMS ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Puja Vimesh ◽  
Shyam Singh ◽  
Thomas Verghese ◽  
Pankaj Srivastava ◽  
Sunil Agarwal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Coronary Artery Bypass ◽  
Epidural Anaesthesia ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Bypass Grafting ◽  
Artery Bypass Grafting ◽  
Thoracic Epidural ◽  
Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia ◽  
High Thoracic Epidural

Two patients with significant co-morbidities in the form of bronchial asthma and hypothyroidism underwent “awake coronary artery bypass grafting” under high thoracic epidural anaesthesia. Our experience indicates that high thoracic epidural anaesthesia is beneficial in patients with co-morbid conditions undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. (JMS 2010;13(2):64-66)

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