Supplementing transesophageal echocardiography with transthoracic echocardiography for monitoring transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects with attenuated anterior rim: A case series

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1584-1588

  Lin, Su Man ^a,c   Tsai, Shen Kou ^a,b,c   Wang, Jou Kou ^a,b   Han, Yin Yi ^a,b   Jean, Wei horng ^a,b   Yeh, Yu Chang ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038485750     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000062651.59656.B4     Document Type: Article

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