The transesophageal echocardiography as a diagnostic tool for detection of a fulminant pulmonary embolism;Die transosophageale Echokardiographie als diagnostische Massnahme zum Nachweis einer fulminanten Lungenembolie

Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 286-289

  Loick, H M ^a   Reich, A ^a   Enk, D ^a   Van Aken, H ^a   Mollhoff T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

echocardiography; fractures; pulmonary embolism; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030806481     PISSN: 01711814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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