Detection of intracoronary air embolism by echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1015-1017

  Chandraratna, Anthony ^a   Ashmeg, Abdullah ^a   Pasha, Hasan Chamsi ^a  

^a KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0036736664     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121278     Document Type: Article

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