Aortic atheromas: Current knowledge and controversies: A brief review of the literature

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1157-1163

  Sharma, Umesh ^a   Tak, Tahir ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic atheromas; stroke; transesophageal echocardiogram; vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 81155152415     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01478.x     Document Type: Review

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