Assessment of ventricular function in critically ill patients: Limitations of pulmonary artery catheterization

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-527

  Fontes, Manuel L ^a   Bellows, Wayne ^b   Ngo, Long ^b   Mangano, Dennis T ^b  

^a Ischemia Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Intensive care unit; Pulmonary artery monitoring; Transesophageal echocardiography; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032823117     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(99)90001-0     Document Type: Article

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