Transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-106

  Evangelista, Arturo ^a   Avegliano, Gustavo ^a   Elorz, Cristina ^a   González Alujas, Teresa ^a   Del Castillo, Herminio Garcia ^a   Soler Soler, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTIC ULCER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCER;

EID: 0036521511     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2002.tb01183.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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