TY - JOUR
T1 - Transesophageal echocardiography
T2 - Application to the postoperative cardiac surgery patient
AU - DiLucente, Lorrie
AU - Gorcsan, John
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Surgical outcome after an open heart procedure can be appraised using traditional diagnostic tests. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is gaining popularity as a technique for evaluating cardiac function after open heart surgery. Expert assessment skills on the part of the nurse at the bedside will impact on the successful completion of this semi-invasive diagnostic procedure.
AB - Surgical outcome after an open heart procedure can be appraised using traditional diagnostic tests. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is gaining popularity as a technique for evaluating cardiac function after open heart surgery. Expert assessment skills on the part of the nurse at the bedside will impact on the successful completion of this semi-invasive diagnostic procedure.
KW - Cardiac surgery
KW - Left ventricular function
KW - Myocardial ischemia
KW - Transesophageal echocardiography
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026130232&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003465-199103000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00003465-199103000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 2004582
AN - SCOPUS:0026130232
SN - 0730-4625
VL - 10
SP - 74
EP - 80
JO - Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
JF - Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
IS - 2
ER -