Detection of strands in native aortic valves by transesophageal echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1549-1552

  Menzel, Thomas ^a   Mohr Kahaly, Susanne ^a   Arnold, Katrin J ^a   Kölsch, Bernhard ^a   Kopp, Helmut ^a   Spiecker, Martin ^a   Wagner, Stephan R ^a   Meinert, Rolf ^a   Meyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030954001     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00193-8     Document Type: Article

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