Transesophageal echocardiography for detecting extrapulmonary thrombi during pulmonary embolectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 862-866

  Rosenberger, Peter ^a   Shernan, Stanton K ^a   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^a,b   Eltzschig, Holger K ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 4444338382     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.069     Document Type: Article

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