The application of transesophageal echocardiography in critical care medicine

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 232-237

  Weiss, Yoram ^a   Pollak, Arthur ^b   Gilon, Dan ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 1842738186     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-199706000-00014     Document Type: Article

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