Epiaortic ultrasound assessment of the aorta in cardiac surgery

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-341

  Royse, Alistair George ^a,b   Royse, Colin Forbes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

atheroma; cardiac surgery; epiaortic; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ATHEROMA; CARDIOPLEGIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 69849085306     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.02.005     Document Type: Review

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