Epidural anesthesia and postoperative analgesia with ropivacaine and fentanyl in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized, controlled study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Our aim was to assess the efficacy of thoracic epidural anesthesia (EA) followed by postoperative epidural infusion (EI) and patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) with ropivacaine/fentanyl in off-pump coronary artery bypass gr...

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Main Authors: Eremeev Alexey V, Kirov Mikhail Y, Smetkin Alexey A, Bjertnaes Lars J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2253/11/17