Usefulness of the transgastric view by transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating thickened pericardium in patients with constrictive pericarditis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1004-1008

  Izumi, Chisato ^b   Iga, Kanji ^b   Sekiguchi, Kiyomi ^a   Takahashi, Shuichi ^a   Konishi, Takashi ^b  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIUM; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0036736695     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121862     Document Type: Article

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