The evaluation of perioperative safety of local anesthesia with lidocaine containing epinephrine in patients with ischemic heart disease

• Published in: Acta medica Iranica Vol. 51; no. 8; pp. 537 - 542
• Main Authors: Sanatkar, Mehdi, Sadeghi, Mostafa, Esmaeili, Nafiseh, Naseri, Mohammad Hassan, Sadrossadat, Hossein, Shoroughi, Mehrdad, Fathi, Hamid Reza, Ghazizadeh, Shahrokh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Iran Tehran University of Medical Sciences 09.09.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia; Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage; Anesthetics, Local - adverse effects; Coronary Angiography; Electrocardiography; Epinephrine; Epinephrine - administration & dosage; Epinephrine - adverse effects; Female; Humans; Ischemic heart disease; Lidocaine; Lidocaine - administration & dosage; Lidocaine - adverse effects; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology; Myocardial Ischemia - surgery

The use of local anesthesia with lidocaine containing epinephrine in patients with cardiac disease is controversial in the literature. The aim of our study was determining the safety of use the local anesthesia contain epinephrine in patients with ischemic heart disease that undergoing reconstructiv...