Transthoracic echocardiography study of the left anterior descending coronary artery with a high frequency transducer;Rendimiento de la ecocardiografía transtorácica con sonda de alta frecuencia en el estudio de la descendente anterior

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-21

  Moya Mur, José L ^a   Guzmán, Gabriela ^a   Catalán, Paz ^a   Megías, Alicia ^a   Ruiz, Soledad ^a   Barrios, Vivencio ^a   Ortega, Javier ^a   De Pablo, Carmen ^a   Harriague, Claudia ^a   García Lledo, Alberto ^a   Asín Cardiel, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0042463732     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(01)76259-8     Document Type: Article

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