The Time Is Ripe

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 765-767

  Weiss, Stuart J ^a   Savino, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33751313334     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.09.011     Document Type: Editorial

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