Can epiaortic ultrasound reduce the incidence of intraoperative stroke during cardiac surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-75

  Das, Satish ^a   Dunning, Joel ^a,b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Evidence based medicine; Thoracic; Thoracic surgery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PALPATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1842635587     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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