Transesophageal echocardiography in critically ill patients: What is the intensivist's role?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1165-1166

  Liebson, Philip R ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Critical care diagnosis; Critical care emergencies; Hemodynamics; Intensivist credentialing; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CERTIFICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ARTERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036250505     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200205000-00039     Document Type: Editorial

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