Pathologic correlates of aortic plaques, thrombi and mobile 'aortic debris' imaged in vivo with transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-363

  Vaduganathan, Periyanan ^a   Ewton, April ^a   Nagueh, Sherif F ^a   Weilbaecher, Donald G ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030791988     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00181-2     Document Type: Article

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