Aortic and coronary atherosclerosis: A natural association?

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-222

  van der Wall, Ernst E ^a   van der Laarse, Arnoud ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59149099268     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9389-y     Document Type: Editorial

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