In an open-chest sheep model, thoracic epidural analgesia significantly reduced systemic blood pressure, peripheral resistance, and cardiac output without affecting myocardial contractility, and blunted heart rate responses to hypoxia.
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TEA may blunt hypoxic compensation and reduce output in sheep; leaves open translation to human perioperative hemodynamics.
Ottesen et al. (1978) studied this question.
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