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Safety of performing transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with oesophageal varices

INTRODUCTION: Oesophageal varices (EV) are one of the complications of liver cirrhosis that carries a risk of rupture and bleeding. The safety of performing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with pre-existing EV is not well described in literature. Therefore, this retrospective stud...

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Autores principales: Hudhud, Dania, Allaham, Haytham, Eniezat, Mohammad, Enezate, Tariq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6579576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartasia-2019-011223