Transesophageal echocardiography for ascending aortic dissection: Is it enough for surgical intervention?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-265

  Chu, Victor F ^a,b   Chow, Chi Ming ^a   Stewart, James ^a   Chiu, Ray C J ^a   Mulder, David S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032437862     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01065.x     Document Type: Article

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