Open AccessOff-pump awake coronary artery bypass grafting under high thoracic epidural anesthesia
Author(s) -
Bharat Paliwal,
Manoj Kamal,
Dilip Singh Chauhan,
Anamika Purohit
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.168201
Subject(s) - medicine , bypass grafting , artery , anesthetic , anesthesia , grafting , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery , cardiology , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer
Conventionally general anesthesia has been the preferred anesthetic technique for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Ever since the first awake CABG the concept though appearing promising is still being continually evaluated. From the Indian perspective, the practice has been largely limited to certain institutions and seems to be not widely practiced across India. This case reports our experience with this technique from the western part of the country.