Complications of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in adult cardiac surgical patients - Experience of two institutions in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-95

  Huang, Chi Hsiang ^a   Lu, Cheng Wei ^b   Lin, Tzu Yu ^b   Cheng, Ya Jung ^a   Wang, Ming Jiuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Complications; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARYNX HEMORRHAGE; TAIWAN; TOOTH INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846860879     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60223-0     Document Type: Article

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