Transthoracic echocardiographic visualization of calcification of the sinotubular ridge of the ascending aorta

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 425-428

  D'Cruz, Ivan A ^a,b   Calderon, Erick ^a   Clark, Regenia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Calcification; Echocardiography; Sinotubular ridge

Indexed keywords

AORTA SINUS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0031846824     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00628.x     Document Type: Article

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