Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , February 2003

Effects of positive-pressure ventilation, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade on respiratory variation in transmitral flow velocities

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☆ Supported by Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.

☆☆ Address reprint requests to Jonathan B. Mark, MD, Anesthesiology Service (112 C), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705. E-mail: mark0003@mc.duke.edu

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doi: 10.1053/jcan.2003.9

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , February 2003

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