Update on echocardiography of the inferior vena cava

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 543-545

  D'Cruz, Ivan A ^b   Khouzam, Rami N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CANCER INVASION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPIROMETRY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 21644468537     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40036.x     Document Type: Editorial

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