The impact of intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography on an unselected cardiac surgical population: A review of 2343 cases

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 734-741

  Forrest, A P ^a   Lovelock, N D ^b   Hu, J M ^a   Fletcher, S N ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography: transoesophageal, intraoperative, cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; OPIATE; THIOPENTAL;

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATEMESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036911322     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000603     Document Type: Article

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