Primary mycotic aneurysm of the ascending aorta diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-218

  Vilacosta, I ^a   Bustos, D ^a   Ciguenza, R ^a   Graupner, C ^a   Stoermann, W ^a   Perez, M A ^a   Sanchez Harguindey, L ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031945267     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70081-1     Document Type: Article

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