Diagnosis and management of cerebral malperfusion phenomena during aortic dissection repair by transesophageal Doppler echocardiographic monitoring

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 355-358

  Coletti, Giuseppe ^a   Torracca, Lucia ^a   La Canna, Giovanni ^a   Maisano, Francesco ^a   Sebastiano, Piero ^a   Fucci, Carlo ^a   Berra, Piero ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030447396     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1996.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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