Publications by authors named "L R Gerola"
Objective: To evaluate intraoperative graft patency and identify grafts under risk of early occlusion.
Methods: Fifty four patients were submitted to coronary artery bypass surgery and the graft flow was assessed by the Flowmeter (Medtronic Medistim), which utilizes the TTFM method. Three patients had left main disease and 48 had normal or mildly reduced left ventricular function.
Cytokines and pain.
Rev Bras Anestesiol
August 2011
Background And Objectives: Cytokines are necessary for the inflammatory response, favoring proper wound healing. However, exaggerated proinflammatory cytokine production can manifest systemically as hemodynamic instability or metabolic derangements. The objective of this review was to describe the effects of cytokines in pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the present study was to assess the behavior of cardiovascular variables during an in-hospital cardiovascular rehabilitation program in patients following myocardial revascularization surgery.
Methods: A total of 14 patients (mean age: 55.4 ± 6.
Background: Ischemic preconditioning is a method that prepares and protects cells to tolerate a long period of ischemia with the least possible injury.
Objectives: Evaluate the influence of ischemic preconditioning over left ventricular function during off-pump myocardial revascularization.
Method: Forty patients with clinical indication for off-pump myocardial revascularization were randomized in two groups, with or without ischemic preconditioning.
Background And Objectives: The objective of our study was to evaluate the effect of intravenous lidocaine on the manifestations of fibromyalgia.
Methods: A randomized, double-blind, comparative study was conducted on 30 patients. All patients received 25 mg amitriptyline.