The missing leak: A case report of a baffle-leak closure using real-time 3D transoesophageal guidance

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-467

  Kay, Joseph ^a   Klein, Andrew J ^a   Kim, Michael S ^a   Salcedo, Ernesto ^a   Fagan, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffle complications; Baffle leak; Real time 3D transoesophageal echocardiography; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAFFLE LEAK; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 64749102090     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen335     Document Type: Article

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