Airway obstruction by a transesophageal echocardiography probe in an adult patient with a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta and arch

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 186-187

  Nakao, Shin Ichi ^a   Eguchi, Takayuki ^a   Ikeda, Sakahiro ^a   Nagata, Atsushi ^a   Nishizawa, Nobuyasu ^a   Shingu, Koh ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033999423     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(00)90016-8     Document Type: Article

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