A New Transesophageal Probe for Newborns

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1686-1689

  Scohy, Thierry V ^a   Matte, Guillaume ^b   van Neer, Paul L M J ^b   van der Steen, Antonius F W ^b   McGhie, Jackie ^a   Bogers, Ad ^a   de Jong, Nico ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7.5 MHz phased array; Newborns; TEE

Indexed keywords

7.5-MHZ PHASED ARRAY; CARDIAC SURGERY; CENTER FREQUENCY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CURRENT PROBE; HEAD SIZE; NEWBORNS; OPERATING THEATRE; OUTPATIENT CLINIC; PHASED ARRAY PROBES; TEE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; TUBE DIAMETERS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

PROBES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MITRAL VALVE; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 70349210081     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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