Con: transesophageal echocardiography should not be used routinely for pediatric open cardiac surgery.
McGowan
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FX
Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Laussen
P C
PC
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D012086:Reoperation