title: Thoracic epidural anesthesia and the patient with heart disease: benefits, risks, and controversies.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meissner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rolf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Aken
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012119:Respiration; D012307:Risk Factors