Pulmonary hypertension, defined as an elevation in blood pressure in the pulmonary
arteries, is associated with an increased risk of death. The prevalence of pulmonary …

With the advent of fast-track pathways after cardiac surgery, there has been a renewed
interest in regional anesthesia due to its opioid-sparing effect. This paradigm shift, looking to …

Background Regional anesthesia and analgesia reduce the stress response to surgery and
decrease the need for volatile anesthesia and opioids, thereby preserving cancer-specific …

Importance Morbidity is still high in pancreatic surgery, driven mainly by gastrointestinal
complications such as pancreatic fistula. Perioperative thoracic epidural analgesia (EDA) …

Aim Cardiac sympathetic denervation (CSD) has been introduced as a bailout therapy in
patients with structural heart disease and refractory ventricular arrhythmias (VAs), but …

Under recognition combined with suboptimal management of right ventricular (RV)
dysfunction and failure is associated with significant perioperative morbidity and mortality …

Despite improvements in surgical techniques and perioperative care, cardiac surgery still is
burdened by relatively high mortality and frequent major postoperative complications …

Background: Ropivacaine is considered the most commonly used for epidural anesthesia.
We compared the efficiency and safety of ropivacaine alone (R group) and ropivacaine …

Conclusions Unilateral SGB was associated with a reduction in arrhythmias and
defibrillation episodes, but did not affect antiarrhythmic medication, respiratory support, or …

Several lines of evidences show that anesthetics influence neurotoxicity and
neuroprotection. The possibility that different anesthetic agents potentially influence the …