High thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) is increasingly often used in combination with
general anesthesia for major thoracic and abdominal surgery. TEA leads to sympatholysis of …

Thoracic epidural anaesthesia (TEA) faces growing interest as an adjuvant anaesthetic and
postoperative analgesic regimen. The procedure allows a specific blockade of nociceptive …

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pain may be severe after coronary artery bypass surgery.
High thoracic epidural analgesia (HTEA) provides intense analgesia. METHODS: Eighty …

Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) provides optimal perioperative anaesthesia and
analgesia after thoracic and major abdominal surgery and decreases postoperative …

There is an interest in the use of high thoracic epidural anesthesia in cardiac surgery,
because experimental and clinical studies have suggested that central neuroaxial blockade …

In their recently published article in the Journal, Crescenzi et al 1 evaluated the effects of
thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) on postoperative N-terminal pro B-natriuretic peptide (NT …

Thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) is an excellent method for providing segmental
anesthesia and analgesia in the thoracic and upper abdominal regions. By causing …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perioperative cardioprotective
effect of high thoracic epidural analgesia (HTEA), primarily expressed as an effect on …

Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) offers a unique oppor tunity for the anesthesiologist to
enhance postopera tive recovery for the thoracic surgery patient. By deliver ing analgesics to …

Tachycardia and hypertension may cause myocardial ischaemia in patients with coronary
heart disease going through major surgery. Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) has been …