Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging as Applied to the Aorta: A New Tool for the Cardiovascular Surgeon

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1391-1398

  Kpodonu, Jacques ^a   Ramaiah, Venkatesh G ^b   Diethrich, Edward B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Arizona Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 52049117889     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.057     Document Type: Review

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