Transesophageal echocardiography in the intensive care unit

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-166

  Karski, Jacek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Intensive care unit; Left ventricular outflow obstruction; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ASCENDING AORTA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33747587875     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253206288991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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