Delayed diagnosis of esophageal perforation following intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during valvular replacement - A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Han, Yin Yi ^a   Cheng, Ya Jung ^b   Liao, Wen Wei ^c   Ko, Wen Je ^b   Tsai, Shen Kou ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Esophageal perforation; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; LIFE; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; TIME;

AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242336728     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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