Strategies for the prevention of peri-operative transoesophageal echocardiography-related complications

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A D Ashworth et al. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jan.

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. 2020 Jan;75(1):3-6.

doi: 10.1111/anae.14772. Epub 2019 Jul 4.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.

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Keywords: cardiac surgery; complications; echocardiography; mortality.

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Complications related to peri-operative transoesophageal echocardiography - a one-year prospective national audit by the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care.
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