Timing of transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosing patent foramen ovale in patients supported with left ventricular assist device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1624-1626

  Liao, Kenneth K ^a   Miller, Leslie ^a   Toher, Cynthia ^a   Ormaza, Sophia ^a   Herrington, Cynthia S ^a   Bittner, Hartmuth B ^a   Park, Soon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; TIME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037407209     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04676-3     Document Type: Article

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