Determinants of aortic artifacts during transesophageal echocardiography of the ascending aorta

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 967-972

  Losi, Maria Angela ^a   Betocchi, Sandro ^b   Briguori, Carlo ^b   Manganelli, Fiore ^b   Ciampi, Quirino ^b   Pace, Leonardo ^b   Iannelli, Gabriele ^b   Spampinato, Nicola ^b   Chiariello, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032963363     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70423-0     Document Type: Article

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