Preoperative Noncontrast Chest Computed Tomography Identifies Potential Aortic Emboli

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-42

  Lee, Richard ^a   Matsutani, Noriyuki ^a   Polimenakos, Anastasios C ^a   Levers, Lorraine C ^a   Lee, Michelle ^b   Johnson, Robert G ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250329640     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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