Usefulness of intraoperative epiaortic echocardiography to resolve discrepancy between transthoracic and transesophageal measurements of aortic valve gradient - A case report

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Edrich, Thomas ^a   Shernan, Stanton K ^a   Smith, Brian ^a   Eltzschig, Holger K ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037359842     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017800     Document Type: Article

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