Cerebral microembolism diagnosed by transcranial Doppler during total knee arthroplasty: Correlation with transesophageal echocardiography

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 672-676

  Sulek, Cheri A ^a   Davies, Laurie K ^a   Enneking, F Kayser ^a   Gearen, Peter A ^a   Lobato, Emilio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood clots; Brain; Heart; Orthopedics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0032863470     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199909000-00018     Document Type: Article

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