Guidelines for performing a comprehensive epicardial echocardiography examination: Recommendations of the american society of echocardiography and the society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-28

  Reeves, Scott T ^a   Glas, Kathryn E ^b   Eltzschig, Holger ^c   Mathew, Joseph P ^d   Rubenson, David S ^e   Hartman, Gregg S ^f   Shernan, Stanton K ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tüfcbingen University Hospital

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250880768     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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