The Impact of Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast in Patients With Left Atrial Enlargement Undergoing Cardiac Valvular Surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 772-776

  Jassal, Davinder S ^a,b   Desai, Shaun C ^a   Neilan, Tomas G ^a   Avery, Edwin ^a   Vlahakes, Gus J ^a   Agnihotri, Arvind K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aorta; left atrium; spontaneous echocardiographic contrast; surgical outcomes; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33751343691     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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