Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of a mycotic ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm as a source of embolism

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1155-1157

  Spencer, K T ^a   Kaji, E ^a   Drucker, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ASCENDING AORTA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032441316     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)80012-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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