Intraoperative cardiac assessment with transesophageal echocardiography for decision-making in cardiac anesthesia

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 320-329

  Akiyama, Koichi ^a   Arisawa, Shoji ^b   Ide, Masahiro ^b   Iwaya, Masaaki ^b   Naito, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a AKASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Anesthesia Associates of Kobe   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Intracardiac air; Systolic anterior motion; Systolic function; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; AORTA SINUS; ASCENDING AORTA; DECISION MAKING; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84878851713     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-013-0208-6     Document Type: Review

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