A comparison of transoesophageal echocardiographic Doppler across the aortic valve and the thermodilution technique for estimating cardiac output

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-136

  Poelaert, J ^a   Schmidt, C ^b   Van Aken, H ^b   Hinder, F ^b   Mollhoff, T ^b   Loick, H M ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Measurement techniques; cardiac output, echocardiography, thermodilution

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; THERMODILUTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; THERMODILUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0032907171     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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