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Atherosclerotic plaque detected by transesophageal echocardiography is an independent predictor for all-cause mortality

Atherosclerotic lesions in the great arteries are frequent findings in the elderly. Numerous studies have shown their strong predictive value for cardiovascular disease, embolic events, and mortality. We sought to determine the risk of all-cause mortality depending on the localization of plaques in...

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Autores principales: Heidari, Houtan, Ran, Hong, Spinka, Georg, Hengstenberg, Christian, Binder, Thomas, Goliasch, Georg, Schneider, Matthias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7381477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32301042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10554-020-01840-6