Basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: A consensus statement of the american society of echocardiography and the society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 443-456

  Reeves, Scott T ^a   Finley, Alan C ^a   Skubas, Nikolaos J ^b   Swaminathan, Madhav ^c   Whitley, William S ^e   Glas, Kathryn E ^e   Hahn, Rebecca T ^f   Shanewise, Jack S ^f   Adams, Mark S ^g   Shernan, Stanton K ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic certification; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; COMPETENCE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876706780     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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