Ascending aortic atheroma assessed intraoperatively by epiaortic and transesophageal echocardiography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Wilson, Michael J ^a,b   Boyd, Sheri Y N ^a   Lisagor, Philip G ^a   Rubal, Bernard J ^a   Cohen, David J ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROMA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033944154     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01256-X     Document Type: Article

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