Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography for positioning the intraaortic balloon pump in the operating room

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-106

  Nishioka, Toshihiko ^a   Friedman, Arnold ^a   Cercek, Bojan ^a   Chaux, Aurelio ^a   Luo, Huai ^a   Berglund, Hans ^a   Kim, Chong Jin ^a   Blanche, Carlos ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030070094     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89148-5     Document Type: Article

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