Bleeding Risk of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients With Esophageal Varices

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 May;32(5):674-676.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.11.017. Epub 2019 Jan 18.

Authors

Abiy Nigatu¹, John Erikson Yap², Katherine Lee Chuy³, Benjamin Go², Rami Doukky¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois; Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Division of Cardiology, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 30665728
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.11.017

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / adverse effects*
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies