title: Transesophageal echocardiography imaging of the total artificial heart.
authors: From the Departments of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Pathology, and Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: K Annette
authors: KA
authors: Mizuguchi
authors: Robert F
authors: RF
authors: Padera
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Kowalczyk
authors: Matthew N
authors: MN
authors: Doran
authors: Gregory S
authors: GS
authors: Couper
authors: Amanda A
authors: AA
authors: Fox
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods
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