Amounts of Aortic Atherosclerosis in Patients With Aortic Stenosis as Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 713-717

  Osranek, Martin ^a   Pilip, Adelbert ^a   Patel, Paragh R ^a   Molisse, Theresa ^a   Tunick, Paul A ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 60349094256     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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