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

INTRODUCTION: We hypothesized a relationship between severity of thoracic aortic atheroma (AA) and prevalence of high-risk coronary anatomy (HRCA). MATERIAL AND METHODS: We investigated AA diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography and HRCA diagnosed by coronary angiography in 187 patients. HRCA...

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Autores principales: Shen, Xuedong, Aronow, Wilbert S., Nair, Chandra K., Korlakunta, Hema, Holmberg, Mark J., Wang, Fenwei, Maciejewski, Stephanie, Esterbrooks, Dennis J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291734
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2011.20605