Cardiac Disease
Conditions
Keywords
cardiac surgery, cardiac anesthesia, epidural
Brief summary
In the present study the investigators test the hypothesis that the epidural anesthesia added on the general anesthesia is able to improve patient's outcome.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients undergoing cardiac surgery * adult (\>18y) * sternotomy
Exclusion criteria
* abnormal coagulation profile * antiplatelet medications (other than aspirin) * ongoing anticoagulation
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed