The utility of transesophageal echocardiography in determining the source of arterial embolization

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 901-904

  Mariano, M C ^a   Gutierrez, C J ^a   Alexander, J ^a   Roth, F ^a   Katz, S ^a   Kohl, R D ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033847659     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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