Kimberly Howard-Quijano , Tatsuo Takamiya, Erica A. Dale, Kentaro Yamakawa, Wei Zhou, Una Buckley, Aman Mahajan
Anesthesiology · 2017 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
This experimental study investigates the effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia on cardiac electrical activity in pigs. Results show that anesthesia improves ventricular electrical stability and reduces myocardial excitability during sympathetic stimulation, providing insight into the mechanisms through which thoracic epidural anesthesia may suppress dangerous ventricular arrhythmias.
Medical Sciences · Cardiology
Journal Article
University of California, Los Angeles
United States
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