Safety of transesophageal echocardiography in patients who are obese

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1396-1400

  Garimella, Satya ^b   Longaker, Rita A ^b   Stoddard, Marcus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036879755     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.125919     Document Type: Article

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