Guiding surgical cannulation of the inferior vena cava with transesophageal echocardiography

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1288-1293

  Kirkeby Garstad, Idar ^a   Tromsdal, Arve ^a   Sellevold, Olav F M ^a   Bjørngaard, Mads ^a   Bjella, Lise K ^a   Berg, Einar M ^a   Karevold, Asbjørn ^a   Haaverstad, Rune ^a   Wahba, Alexander ^a   Tjomsland, Ole ^a   Astudillo, Rafael ^a   Krogstad, Arne ^a   Stenseth, Roar ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VENOUS RETURN;

EID: 0242500383     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000055361.50727.11     Document Type: Article

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