Atheromatous disease of the thoracic aorta: Pathologic and clinical implications

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 629-637

  Kronzon, Itzhak ^a   Tunick, Paul A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030901456     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00008     Document Type: Article

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