Thoracic Aorta Evaluation in Patients with Takayasu's Arteritis by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 829-834

  Bezerra Lira Filho, Edgar ^a   Campos, Orlando ^a   Lazaro Andrade, Jose ^a   Henrique Fischer, Cláudio ^a   Godoy Nunes, Colandy ^a   Cavalcanti Lins, Andréa ^a   Hata, Francisca ^a   Carvalho, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS;

EID: 33744527831     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.12.023     Document Type: Article

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