The use of epicardial echocardiography as an adjunct to transesophageal echocardiography for the detection of pulmonary embolism

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 729-730

  Allyn, John W ^a   Lennon, P F ^b   Siegle, J H ^b   Quinn, R D ^b   D'Ambra, M N ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; EPICARDIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644519953     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000197692.55834.a2     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Rosenberger P, Shernan SK, Mihaljevic T, Eltzschig HK. Transesophageal echocardiography for detecting extrapulmonary thrombi during pulmonary embolectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:862-6.