Cases of hemolytic anemia with periprosthetic leaks evaluated by real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-56

  Chung, Eui Jong ^a   Kim, Tae Yop ^a   Hwang, Jong Min ^b   Kim, Sang Phil ^b   Yang, Hyun Suk ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemolytic anemia; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PERIPROSTHETIC LEAKAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERA DISEASE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865181759     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2012.20.1.52     Document Type: Article

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