Chest trauma: the role of transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 605-613

  O'Connor, Christopher ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; thoracic injuries; transesophaegal echocardiography; trauma

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030298317     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(96)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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