Transesophageal echocardiography in rats using an intravascular ultrasound catheter

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 PART 2, 1997, Pages

  Lu, L I ^a   Eitetsu, K O ^a   Schwartz, Gregory G ^a,b   Chou, Tony M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

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