Acute coronary spasm during posteriorfossa surgery and its successful management: A variable presentation of trigemino cardiac reflex

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2016; 03(02): 157-158
DOI: 10.4103/2348-0548.182342

Letter to Editor

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd.

Ramamani Mariappan

Department of Anaesthesia, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

,

Krishna Prabhu

¹Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

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