Review: Diagnostic imaging of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1119-1125

  Tunick, Paul A ^a   Krinsky, Glenn A ^a   Lee, Vivian S ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; THORACIC AORTA;

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

EID: 0034166585     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.4.1741119     Document Type: Review

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