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Transesophageal echocardiography–associated gastrointestinal injuries: systematic review and pooled rates of gastrointestinal injuries

Manesh Kumar Gangwania Department of Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Abeer Azizb Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Dushyant Singh Dahiyac Department of Medicine, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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Rehmat Ullah Awand Department of Medicine, Ochsner Health System, Meridian, Mississippi, USA
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Muhammad Azize Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Anooja Ranif Division of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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Amir Humza Sohailg Department of General Surgery, New York University Langone Health, Long Island, New York, USA
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Hazim Hakmig Department of General Surgery, New York University Langone Health, Long Island, New York, USA
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Hassam Alih Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, East Carolina University Health, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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Umar Hayati Department of Medicine, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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Wade Lee-Smithj University of Toledo Libraries, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Faisal Kamalk Digestive Health Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sumant Inamdarl Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Pages 729-733 | Received 08 Jun 2023, Accepted 25 Jul 2023, Published online: 08 Aug 2023

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