Utility of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-16

  Rosenberger, Peter ^a   Shernan, Stanton K ^a   Body, Simon C ^a   Eltzschig, Holger K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 3042513952     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000117284.25696.64     Document Type: Article

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