Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic examination: Recommendations from the american society of echocardiography and the society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-68

  Hahn, Rebecca T ^a   Abraham, Theodore ^b   Adams, Mark S ^c   Bruce, Charles J ^d   Glas, Kathryn E ^e   Lang, Roberto M ^f   Reeves, Scott T ^g   Shanewise, Jack S ^a   Siu, Samuel C ^h   Stewart, William ⁱ   Picard, Michael H ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891756018     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000016     Document Type: Review

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