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Esophageal perforation after perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: a case report

BACKGROUND: Transesophageal echocardiography is widely used in cardiac surgery. Transesophageal echocardiography probe insertion and manipulation can injure the esophagus. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old Asian man was admitted to our hospital for coronary artery bypass graft revascularization surge...

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Autores principales: Kim, Hyun-Chang, Oh, Jung-Hyou, Lee, Yong-Cheol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27906089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-1131-0