The Topography of Aortic Atherosclerosis Enhances Its Precision as a Predictor of Stroke

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2087-2092

  van der Linden, Jan ^a   Bergman, Per ^a   Hadjinikolaou, Leonidas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249080661     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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