Positioning a right atrial air aspiration catheter using transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-125

  Reeves, Scott T ^a   Bevis, Lori A ^a   Bailey, Byron N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air aspiration catheter; Transesophageal echocardiography; Venous air embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030000657     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-199604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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