Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Feb 2007
High thoracic epidural analgesia reduces the risk of long-term depression in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
High thoracic epidural analgesia (HTEA) has been shown to reduce psychological morbidity in the early period following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Our aim was to identify whether the effect persists in the longer term. ⋯ The use of HTEA results in a lower risk of depression 6 months or more following CABG.