The role of state-of-the-art echocardiography in the assessment of myocardial injury during and following cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Al Tabbaa, Amer ^a,b   Gonzalez, R Mauricio ^a   Lee, Dara ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035665358     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03300-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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