Impact of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography on Surgical Decisions in 12,566 Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 845-852

  Eltzschig, Holger K ^a,c   Rosenberger, Peter ^a,b   Löffler, Michaela ^a   Fox, John A ^a,b   Aranki, Sary F ^a,b   Shernan, Stanton K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39149085023     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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