Aortic plaque on transesophageal echocardiography as a marker for coronary artery disease

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 461-463

  Ismaeil, M F ^a   El Gamal, A E M ^a   Ibraheim, A M ^a  

^a Dar El Shifa Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034432369     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2000.461     Document Type: Article

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