Diagnostic transoesophageal echocardiography in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine;TEE in Anasthesie und Intensivmedizin. Der diagnostische Stellenwert der transosophagealen Echokardiographie

Anaesthesist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 504-514

  Loick, H M ^a   Poelaert, J ^b   Van Aken, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Abteilung für Intensivmedizin   (Greece)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; intensive care medicine; TEE; traumatology

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030858606     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001010050431     Document Type: Review

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