"Hands-free" continuous transthoracic monitoring of pericardiocentesis using a novel ultrasound transducer

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 491-494

  Chandraratna, P A N ^a,b   Vijayasekaran, Sridhar ^a   Brar, Prabhjoyt ^a   Tzeng, John ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand held transducer; Pericardiocentesis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; THORAX; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0042665740     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03084.x     Document Type: Article

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