3-D imaging for aortic plaque assessment

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-165

  Bainbridge, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROMA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 20344407305     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108925320500900211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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