Intraoperative diagnosis of aortic pseudoaneurysm with transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-55

  Lobato, Emilio B ^a   Dean McKenzie, E ^a   Beaver, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta: pseudoaneurysm, endocarditis, prosthetic valve; Transesophageal echocardiography: diagnostic

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROSTHETICS;

AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PSEUDOANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 0345104290     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009947913915     Document Type: Article

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