Handheld vs. conventional transesophageal echocardiography in non-cardiac surgical intensive care unit patients

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-534

  Schneider, C ^a   Schwemmer, U ^a   Kredel, M ^a   Frommer, M ^a   Wurmb, T ^a   Greim, C ^b   Roewer, N ^a   Brederlau, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Echocardiography; Heart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 54949123076     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963283     Document Type: Article

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