Frequency and distribution of atherosclerotic plaques in the thoracic aorta as determined by transesophageal echocardiography in patients with coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-27

  Khoury, Zahi ^a,b   Gottlieb, Shmuel ^a   Stern, Shlomo ^a   Keren, Andre ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030641029     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00670-4     Document Type: Article

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