Pulmonary transit of sonicated albumin microbubbles during controlled mechanical ventilation: A transthoracic echocardiographic study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Bilotta, Federico ^a,b   Fiorani, Laura ^a   Lendaro, Eugenio ^a   Picardo, Sergio ^a   La Rosa, Italia ^a   Rosa, Giovanni ^a   Fedele, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Cardiology University of Rome La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032809558     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00002     Document Type: Article

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