Major Complications Related to the Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-65

  Piercy, Mathew ^a   McNicol, Larry ^b   Dinh, Diem T ^c   Story, David A ^b   Smith, Julian A ^d  

^a Goulburn Valley Health ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; monitoring; morbidity; mortality; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149510133     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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