Multimodality imaging of diseases of the thoracic aorta in adults: From the American society of echocardiography and the european association of cardiovascular imaging: Endorsed by the society of cardiovascular computed tomography and society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-182

  Goldstein, Steven A ^a   Evangelista, Arturo ^b   Abbara, Suhny ^c   Arai, Andrew ^d   Asch, Federico M ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^e   Bolen, Michael A ^f   Connolly, Heidi M ^g   Cuéllar Calàbria, Hug ^b   Czerny, Martin ^h   Devereux, Richard B ⁱ   Erbel, Raimund A ^j   Fattori, Rossella ^k   Isselbacher, Eric M ^l   Lindsay, Joseph M ^a   McCulloch, Marti ^m   Michelena, Hector I ^g   Nienaber, Christoph A ⁿ   Oh, Jae K ^g   Pepi, Mauro ^o   Taylor, Allen J ^a   Weinsaft, Jonathan W ⁱ   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^p   Dietz, Harry ^q   Eagle, Kim ^r   Elefteriades, John ^s   Jondeau, Guillaume ^t   Rousseau, Hervé ^u   Schepens, Marc ^v   more..

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^k SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^o CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^p HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^q JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^s YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^u CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^v General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE AORTIC SYNDROME; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA SINUS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; IONIZING RADIATION; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING AORTIC ULCER; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TURNER SYNDROME; ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; THORACIC AORTA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921443188     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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