High thoracic epidural decreases perioperative myocardial ischemia and improves left ventricle function in aortic valve replacement alone or in addition to cabg surgery even with increased left ventricle mass index.

Conclusion: HTE reduced the incidence of MI and improved the LV function, even with increased LVM, in patients undergoing AVR alone or in addition to CABG. PMID: 32275028 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32275028?dopt=Abstract

Source: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia - March 31, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Elgebaly AS, Fathy SM, Elbarbary Y, Sallam AA Tags: Ann Card Anaesth Source Type: research