Are normal echocardiographic values obtained by transthoracic echocardiography in awake patients suitable for evaluation of cardiac function in anesthetized and mechanically ventilated patients?

Anesth Analg. 2009 Nov;109(5):1701; author reply 1702-3. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b54a56.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Preoperative Care
  • Prospective Studies
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Reference Values
  • Respiration, Artificial*
  • Ventricular Function, Right*
  • Wakefulness