The intraoperative assessment of ascending aortic atheroma: Epiaortic imaging is superior to both transesophageal echocardiography and direct palpation

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 704-707

  Sylivris, Stephen ^a,b   Calafiore, Paul ^a,b   Matalanis, George ^a,b   Rosalion, Alexander ^a,b   Yuen, Hok Pan ^a,b   Buxton, Brian F ^a,b   Tonkin, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascending aortic atheroma; Epiaortic ultrasound; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030930872     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(97)90161-0     Document Type: Article

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