Pro: Pediatric anesthesiologists should be the primary echocardiographers for pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 388-390

  Sangwan, Susheela ^a   Au, Calvin ^a   Mahajan, Aman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Congenital; Echocardiography; Pediatric heart disease; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034984298     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2001.23333     Document Type: Article

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