title: Case 3-2007: successful cardiac surgery in a "pulmonary cripple" without thoracic epidural anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Komal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chaney
authors.forename: Nick B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kowalewski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy