Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 263-271 , September 2009

The impact of routine Trans-oesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) in cardiac surgery

  • Georges Desjardins, MD (Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Director of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Perioperative Echocardiography)

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East Room 3C444, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
    • University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, 30 North 1900 East Room 3C444, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Cahalan, MD (Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology)

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East Room 3C444, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 801 581 6393; Fax: +1 801 581 4367.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.02.007

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 263-271 , September 2009

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