1. Impact of high thoracic epidural anesthesia on incidence of perioperative atrial fibrillation in off-pump coronary bypass grafting: A prospective randomized study 
Farhad Bakhtiary, MD, Panagiotis Therapidis, MD, Omer Dzemali, MD, Koray Ak, MD, Hanns Ackermann, MD, PhD, Dirk Meininger, MD, PhD, Paul Kessler, MD, PhD, Peter Kleine, MD, PhD, Anton Moritz, MD, PhD, Tayfun Aybek, MD, PhD, Selami Dogan, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 134, Issue 2, Pages (August 2007)
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2. Figure 1
Intraoperative heart rate monitoring. A, Before induction of anesthesia; B, sternotomy; C, before anastomosis; D, after anastomosis; E, sternal closure. GA, General anesthesia; TEA, high thoracic epidural anesthesia.
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3. Figure 2
Serum epinephrine levels. A, Before induction of anesthesia; B, sternotomy; C, before anastomosis; D, after anastomosis; E, sternal closure; F, 1 hour postoperatively. GA, General anesthesia; TEA, high thoracic epidural anesthesia.
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