Natural history of severe atheromatous disease of the thoracic aorta: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Montgomery, David H ^a,b   Ververis, John J ^a,b   McGorisk, Gerard ^a,b   Frohwein, Stephen ^a,b   Martin, Randolph P ^a   Taylor, W Robert ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030060280     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00431-9     Document Type: Article

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