The incidence and haemodynamic significance of gas emboli during operative hysteroscopy: A prospective echocardiographic study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-431

  Leibowitz, David ^a   Benshalom, Neta ^a   Kaganov, Yevgeny ^a   Rott, David ^a   Hurwitz, Arie ^a   Hamani, Yaron ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Gas embolism; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77953822536     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep232     Document Type: Article

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