Combined Carotid Endarterectomy and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Under Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Without Endotracheal General Anesthesia

High thoracic epidural anaesthesia for cardiac surgery

“…Although several are cases reports [24][25][26], there have been series of 15 [27 ], 50 [28 ] and 151 patients [29]. They all report excellent outcomes, although some patients required ventilation.…”