Transesophageal echocardiography in an emergency setting. A district general hospital experience;Benefício da ecocardiografia transesofágica em situações de urgência. Experiência de um hospital distrital

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 971-979

  Peres, Marisa ^a   Da Luz Pitta, Maria ^a   Alcaravela, Jorge ^a   Aranha, Júlio ^a   Martins, Vítor Paulo ^a   Monteiro, Isabel ^a   Ferreira Da Silva, Graça ^a  

^a Hospital Distrital de Santarm   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Critical patient; Emergency; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOVERSION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25844509381     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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