Focused transthoracic echocardiography predicts perioperative cardiovascular morbidity

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 989-993

  Cowie, Brian ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; complications; echocardiography; postoperative; transthoracic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868301201     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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