Midazolam premedication improves tolerance of transesophageal echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1022-1026

  Aeschbacher, Beat C ^a,b   Portner, Mario ^a   Fluri, Martin ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SORE THROAT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032522583     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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