Diagnosis of an Intraoperative Aortic Dissection by Transesophageal Echocardiography During Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1254-1256

  Cottrell, Dominic J ^a   Cornett, E Stuart ^a   Seifer, Marc S ^a   Kincaid, Edward H ^a   Zvara, David A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142212425     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000083640.41295.97     Document Type: Article

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