Transcutaneous detection of aortic arch atheromas by suprasternal harmonic imaging

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1127-1132

  Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a,b   Schwammenthal, Yvonne ^b   Tanne, David ^b   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a   Garniek, Alex ^b,c   Motro, Michael ^a   Rabinowitz, Babeth ^a   Eldar, Michael ^a   Feinberg, Micha S ^a  

^a Tel Hashomer   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0037012409     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01730-8     Document Type: Article

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