Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting changes in flow dynamics responsible for malperfusion phenomena observed during surgery of aortic dissection

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1149-1152

  Yamada, Elina ^a   Matsumura, Makoto ^a   Kimura, Sosuke ^a   Kyo, Shunei ^a   Ueda, Keisuke ^a   Yokote, Yuji ^a   Omoto, Ryozo ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031009537     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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