CASE 9 - 2001 Cardiac surgery in patients with mobile aortic atheromas

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 778-784

  Mehta, Yatin ^a,b,c   Khanna, Sangeeta ^a,b,c   Juneja, Rajiv ^a,b,c   Trehan, Naresh ^a,b,c   Murkin, John M ^a,b,c   Shore Lesserson, Linda ^a,b,c   Konstadt, Steven N ^a,b,c  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic atheromas; Cardiac surgery; Stroke; TEE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035676358     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2001.28339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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