Protruding aortic atheroma: Is there a need for a new imaging modality?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-55

  Kronzon, I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Embolism; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; IODINE;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EMBOLISM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033838891     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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