Absence of atherosclerotic lesions in the thoracic aorta indicates absence of significant coronary artery disease

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作者：

Parthenakis, F ^{[1
]}

Skalidis, E ^{[1
]}

Simantirakis, E ^{[1
]}

Kounali, D ^{[1
]}

Vardas, P ^{[1
]}

Nihoyannopoulos, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV HOSP CRETE,DEPT CARDIOL,IRAKLION,CRETE,GREECE

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 1996年 / 77卷 / 12期

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10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00146-4

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R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Atherosclerotic lesions may be readily visualized in the thoracic aorta using transesophageal echocardiography. The absence of aortic plaque in the thoracic aorta rules: out significant coronary artery obstruction whereas the existence of the former appears to be a sensitive and specific predictor of the latter.

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