Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and epiaortic ultrasound for assessment of atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 942-947

  Dávila Román, Víctor G ^a   Phillips, Kenneth J ^a   Daily, Bill B ^a   Dávila, Rosa M ^a   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a   Barzilai, Benico ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030273547     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00263-X     Document Type: Article

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