Atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta and aortic debris as a marker of poor prognosis: Benefit of oral anticoagulants

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1317-1322

  Ferrari, Emile ^a   Vidal, Renaud ^a   Chevallier, Thierry ^a   Baudouy, Marcel ^a  

^a Hopital Pasteur ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0033117125     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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