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Echocardiographic Assessment Using Subxiphoid-Only Examination for Hypotensive Patients
Published on: April 18, 2025
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is going to become hypotensive?
Frederic Michard1, Matthieu Biais, Emmanuel Futier
1From MiCo, Vallamand, Switzerland (FM), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Pellegrin University Hospital, Bordeaux, France (MB), Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Université Clermont Auvergne, Hopital d'Estaing, Clermont-Ferrand, France (EF), Department of Health Science, Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Florence; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy (SR).
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