Diagnosis of ascending aortic dissection by transesophageal echocardiography: Utility of M-mode in recognizing artifacts

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-107

  Evangelista, Arturo ^a   Garcia Del Castillo, Herminio ^a   Gonzalez Alujas, Teresa ^a   Dominguez Oronoz, Rosa ^a   Salas, Armando ^a   Permanyer Miralda, Gaieta ^a   Soler Soler, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030030440     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00414-9     Document Type: Article

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