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Chapter 57. Regional Anesthesia & Cardiovascular Disease

Navin A. Mallavaram, MD, Daniel M. Thys, MD

Regional Anesthesia & Cardiovascular Disease: Introduction

Topics Discussed:

anesthesia and cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular disease; neuraxial nerve block; regional anesthesia.

Excerpt:

"The decision to use regional anesthesia can be a complex medical choice. Preexisting medical conditions, type of surgery, anesthetic risks, and patient characteristics all may have a profound impact on anesthetic choice and perioperative management. In patients with cardiovascular disease, regional anesthesia techniques (either alone or in conjunction with general anesthesia) can offer the potential perioperative benefits of stress response attenuation, cardiac sympathectomy, earlier extubation, shorter hospital stay, and intense postoperative analgesia...."

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