Perioperative assessment of myocardial deformation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 525-544

  Duncan, Andra E ^a   Alfirevic, Andrej ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a   Popovic, Zoran B ^a   Thomas, James D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84896900969     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000088     Document Type: Review

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