Control of blood pressure and heart rate in patients randomized to epidural or general anesthesia for lower extremity vascular surgery

Study Objective: To examine the degree of success at maintaining patients randomized to epidural or general anesthesia for peripheral vascular surgery within predetermined blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) limits. To investigate associations between such hemodynamic control and intraoperative myocardial ischemia and postoperative major cardiac morbidity.