Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of aortic graft dehiscence

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 372-376

  Ballal, Raj S ^a   Gatewood Jr , Robert P ^a   Nanda, Navin C ^a   Sanyal, Rajat S ^a   Kirklin, James K ^a   Pacifico, Albert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030857226     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00371-8     Document Type: Article

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