Atherosclerotic aortic plaque detected by transesophageal echocardiography: Its significance and limitation as a marker for coronary artery disease in the elderly

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Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Matsumura, Yoshihisa ^a   Takata, Jun ^a   Yabe, Toshikazu ^a   Furuno, Takashi ^a   Chikamori, Taishiro ^a   Doi, Yoshinori L ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic aortic plaque; Coronary artery disease; Elderly; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA INTIMA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030814306     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.1.81     Document Type: Article

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