Neuraxial Modulation for Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias
Author(s) -
Tara Bourke,
Marmar Vaseghi,
Yoav Michowitz,
Vineet Sankhla,
Mandar Shah,
Nalla Swapna,
Noel G. Boyle,
Aman Mahajan,
Calambur Narasimhan,
Yash Lokhandwala,
Kalyanam Shivkumar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.929703
Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , cardiology , intensive care medicine , astrobiology , physics
Reducing sympathetic output to the heart from the neuraxis can protect against ventricular arrhythmias. The purpose of this study was to assess the value of thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) and left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) in the management of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with structural heart disease.
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