Thoracic aortic atheroma severity predicts high-risk coronary anatomy in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Shen, Xuedong ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^b   Nair, Chandra K ^a   Korlakunta, Hema ^a   Holmberg, Mark J ^a   Wang, Fenwei ^a   Maciejewski, Stephanie ^a   Esterbrooks, Dennis J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; High risk coronary anatomy; Thoracic aortic atheroma; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952541267     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.2065     Document Type: Article

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