A practical approach to a comprehensive epicardial and epiaortic echocardiographic examination

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 422-429

  Eltzschig, Holger K ^b   Kallmeyer, Ian J ^b   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^b   Alapati, Sailaja ^b   Shernan, Stanton K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler; Epicardial and epiaortic echocardiography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIAORTIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0042631508     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00145-9     Document Type: Article

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