Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Contributors: Ruggero Ama (Contributor); D. Bettex (Contributor); M. D. Cahalan (Contributor); Jan Poelaert (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: August 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780727917966
Subjects: Anaesthetics; Cardiovascular medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Anesthesiology; Internal Medicine; Radiology; ANESTHESIA; Medical / Cardiology; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
First sentence: Ultrasound represents a mechanical pressure disturbance propagating as waves through materials that are dense enough to transmit the fast oscillations imparted on molecules (Figure 1.1).