Anesthesia in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and electrophysiology laboratory.
Procedures and interventions in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) and electrophysiology laboratory (EPL) are more complex and involve acutely ill patients. Safely caring for this growing patient population in the CCL and EPL is now a concern for all anesthesiologists and cardiologists. Anesthesiologists are uniquely trained to care for this complex patient population, allowing the cardiologist to focus on completing the interventional procedure successfully.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. dshook@partners.org
Douglas C
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Shook
Robert M
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Savage
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D018681:Anesthetics, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
D018681:Anesthetics, General