Value of aortic arch analysis during routine transthoracic echocardiography in adults

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-629

  Hussein, Ayman ^a   Hilal, Dalia ^a   Hamoui, Omar ^a   Hussein, Hussein ^a   Abouzahr, Labib ^a   Kabbani, Samer ^a   Chammas, Elie ^a  

^a CLEMENCEAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67650895343     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep014     Document Type: Article

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