Dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in critically III patients: Role of transesophageal echocardiography in therapeutic decision making

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 292-295

  Madu, Ernest C ^a   Brown, Rodney ^a   Geraci, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Cardiogenic; Cardiotonic agents; Diagnostic imaging; Echocardiography; Heart injuries; Phenylephrine; Resuscitation; Shock; Transesophageal; Ventricular function; Ventricular outflow obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0030943311     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177345     Document Type: Article

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