Transesophageal echocardiography in perioperative period guiding the decision making during hemodynamic instability due to atrial fibrillation

Background and objective: Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, which may occur during the perioperative period and lead to hemodynamic instability due to loss of atrial systolic function. During atrial fibrillation management, electrical cardioversion is one of the therapeutic...

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Main Authors: João Paulo Jordão Pontes, Aline Tonin dos Santos, Marcello Fonseca Salgado Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001418300800