Evaluation of echogenic emboli during total knee arthroplasty using transthoracic echocardiography

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2480-2486

  Walker, Peter ^a   Bali, Kamal ^a   van der Wall, Hans ^a   Bruce, Warwick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echogenic emboli; Fat embolism; Luminosity; Total knee Arthroplasty; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CADAVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84870299074     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1927-4     Document Type: Article

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