Detection of atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta by transesophageal echocardiography

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 1993, Pages 1208-1212

  Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^a   Joshi, Jayshree ^a   Athanasopoulos, George ^a   Oakley, Celia M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0027231087     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90647-U     Document Type: Article

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