Short-term evolution (9 months) of aortic atheroma in patients with or without embolic events: A follow-up transoesophageal echocardiographic study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-102

  De Castro, Stefano ^a   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^b   Celotto, Annalisa ^a   Fiorelli, Marco ^b   Passaseo, Ilaria ^a   Papetti, Federica ^a   Caselli, Stefano ^a   Marcantonio, Andrea ^a   Cohen, Ariel ^c   Pandian, Natesa ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic atheroma; Echocardiography; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRROLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58449115770     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen172     Document Type: Article

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