Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of patients receiving mechanical assistance from ventricular assist devices

Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 505-511

  Dávila Román, Victor G ^a   Barzilai, Benico ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Transesophageal echocardiography; Ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TECHNICAL AID; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030826635     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00758.x     Document Type: Article

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