Intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography as an adjuvant to fluoroscopy during endovascular thoracic aortic repair

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-27

  Kahn, R A ^a   Konstadt, S N ^a   Mitty, H ^a   Hollier, L H ^b   Marin, M L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular; Thoracic aneurysms; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033064617     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1998.0661     Document Type: Article

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