Dual-helical CT for detecting aortic atheromas as a source of stroke: Comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a   Garniek, Alexander ^a,b   Shemesh, Joseph ^a,b   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a,b   Stroh, Chaim I ^a   Itzchak, Yacov ^a,b   Vered, Zvi ^a,b   Motro, Michael ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aorta, arteriosclerosis 56.754, 94.72; Aorta, US, 56.12983, 9412983; Brain, ischemia, 10.77; Computed tomography (CT), helical, 51.12115; Embolism, 10.77, 92.77; Extremities, embolism, 92.77

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031901191     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.1.9646807     Document Type: Article

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