title: Future of awake cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Relief, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka 560075, India. Electronic address: mailchakravarthy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Murali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakravarthy
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D006801:Humans; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D014851:Wakefulness
keywords: awake; cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; conscious; off pump coronary artery bypass surgery; thoracic epidural anesthesia; unintubated