The role of flumazenil in outpatient transesophageal echocardiography

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 630-632

  Tsang, Teresa S M ^a   Martin, Marjorie L ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Seward, James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Benzodiazepine; Flumazenil; Sedation; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; SEDATION; SEIZURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0032860785     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960221007     Document Type: Article

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