Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 594-599 , October 2009

Volatile Anesthetics Reduce Mortality in Cardiac Surgery

  • Elena Bignami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni Landoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Giovanni Landoni, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, Milan 20132, Italy
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  • Oliviero Fochi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit 1, Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italia e Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Valentina Testa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Imad Sheiban, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • Francesco Giunta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italia e Ospedale Santa Chiara, Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Alberto Zangrillo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

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 G.L. acknowledges receiving modest honorariums from Abbott (sevoflurane), Baxter (desflurane and isoflurane), and Minrad (desflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane).

PII: S1053-0770(09)00025-1

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.01.022

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 594-599 , October 2009

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