Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography during open heart surgery of mitral stenosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-385

  Longo, M ^a   Previti, A ^a   Morello, M ^a   Greco, C ^a   Decio, A ^a   Pansini, S ^a   Morea, M ^a   Mangiardi, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Cattedra di Ematologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography, transesophageal; Mitral valve stenosis; Mitral valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033948748     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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