Aortic atherosclerotic plaques as a source of systemic embolism

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 664-669

  Khatibzadeh, Mehran ^a   Mitusch, Rolf ^a   Stierle, Ulrich ^a   Gromoll, Bernd ^a   Sheikhzadeh, Abdolhamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029874413     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00526-9     Document Type: Article

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