The impact of intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography on cardiac surgical practice

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 947-952

  Klein, Andrew A ^a   Snell, A ^a   Nashef, S A M ^a   Hall, R M O ^a   Kneeshaw, J D ^a   Arrowsmith, J E ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68249131238     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.05991.x     Document Type: Article

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