Pro: Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Is of Utility in Patients at High Risk of Adverse Cardiac Events Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-109

  Patteril, Mathew ^a   Swaminathan, Madhav ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Noncardiac surgery; Outcomes; Risk factor; Transesophageal echocardiography; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1242342261     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2003.10.033     Document Type: Article

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