Usefulness of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic imaging for evaluating narrowing in the coronary arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Yao, Jiefen ^a   Taams, Meindert A ^a   Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D ^a   De Feijter, Pim J ^a   Ten Cate, Folkert J ^a   Van Herwerden, Lex A ^a   Roelandt, Jos R T C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032986539     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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