The impact of intraoperative echocardiography on clinical outcomes following adult cardiac surgery

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-40

  Fox, John ^a   Glas, Kathryn ^b   Swaminathan, Madhav ^c   Shernan, Stanton ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ATHEROMA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14744276184     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108925320500900104     Document Type: Review

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