Pooled air in open heart operations examined by transesophageal echocardiography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1377-1380

  Orihashi, Kazumasa ^a   Matsuura, Yuichiro ^a   Sueda, Taijiro ^a   Shikata, Hiroo ^a   Mitsui, Norimasa ^a   Sueshiro, Masafumi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029914403     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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