| Literature DB >> 10887358 |
M S Firstenberg1, N L Greenberg, S S Lin, M J Garcia, L A Alexander, J D Thomas.
Abstract
Doppler echocardiography is commonly used in the assessment of stenotic valvular orifices. We describe the application of transesophageal echocardiography for the detection of a critical ostial left main coronary stenosis. Because preoperative coronary angiography often is not routinely performed in young patients undergoing valve surgery, application of Doppler echocardiography can potentially prevent catastrophic complications, particularly in atypical cases.Entities:
Keywords: NASA Discipline Cardiopulmonary; Non-NASA Center
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10887358 DOI： 10.1067/mje.2000.104392
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Soc Echocardiogr ISSN： 0894-7317 Impact factor: 5.251