Transnasal transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 728-737

  Spencer, Kirk T ^a   Krauss, Daniel ^b   Thurn, John ^b   Mor Avi, Victor ^b   Poppas, Athena ^b   Vignon, Philippe ^b   Connor, Brian G ^b   Lang, Roberto M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MOUTH; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSDUCER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOUTH; NOSE; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031230840     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70116-0     Document Type: Article

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