Compression of the pulmonary artery during transesophageal echocardiography in a pediatric cardiac patient

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-87

  Preisman, Sergey ^a   Yusim, Yakov ^a   Mishali, David ^b   Perel, Azriel ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 0037221730     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200301000-00018     Document Type: Article

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