Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5613264 | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography | 2007 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
A quantitative loading test with fluids and phenylephrine is useful to avoid underestimation of ischemic MR by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, and may detect significant MR in some patients who had unloaded LVs and nonsignificant MR during their preoperative assessment.
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Authors
Avinoam MD, Amnon MD, Ehab Ismir, Rony MD, Amnon Y. MD, Dan MD, Horia MD, Eli MD, Reuven MD, Basil S. MD,