Role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 993-1003

  Catena, Emanuele ^a   Mele, Donato ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Noncardiac surgery; Perioperative risk; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 55249092514     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32830bf655     Document Type: Review

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