Atherosclerosis of the descending aorta predicts cardiovascular events: a transesophageal echocardiography study.

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Published in Cardiovasc Ultrasound on October 22, 2004

Authors

Albert Varga1, Noemi Gruber, Tamás Forster, Györgyi Piros, Kálmán Havasi, Eva Jebelovszki, Miklos Csanády

Author Affiliations

1: 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, University of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary. vargaa@in2nd.szote.u-szged.hu

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