Gastroesophageal perforation after intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 426-428

  Kharasch, Evan D ^b   Sivarajan, Murali ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement techniques: echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029790797     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199608000-00027     Document Type: Article

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