title: The intraoperative assessment of regional myocardial performance: is the cart before the horse?
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Thys
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care