Transoesophageal echocardiography

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-547

  Sengupta, Partho P ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART TUMOR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 15844382343     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.031757     Document Type: Article

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