The coral reef aorta-a single centre experience in 70 patients

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 98-105

  Grotemeyer, Dirk ^a   Pourhassan, Siamak ^a   Rehbein, Hermann ^a   Voiculescu, Adina ^a   Reinecke, Petra ^a   Sandmann, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerotic occlusive disease; Calcification; Coral reef aorta

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649189238     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: 16155939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1278258     Document Type: Review

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