Transoesophageal echocardiographic monitoring of pulmonary venous obstruction induced by sternotomy closure during infant heart transplantation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 590-592

  Lin, C P ^a   Chan, K C ^a   Chou, Y M ^a   Wang, M J ^a   Tsai, S K ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complications, pulmonary venous obstructions; Heart, orthotopic heart transplantation; Monitoring, transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SIZE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036211093     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/88.4.590     Document Type: Article

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