TY - JOUR AU - Varga, Albert AU - Gruber, Noemi AU - Forster, Tamás AU - Piros, Györgyi AU - Havasi, Kálmán AU - Jebelovszki, Éva AU - Csanády, Miklos PY - 2004 DA - 2004/10/22 TI - Atherosclerosis of the descending aorta predicts cardiovascular events: a transesophageal echocardiography study JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 21 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Previous studies have shown that atherosclerosis of the descending aorta detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a good marker of coexisting coronary artery disease. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether the presence of atherosclerosis on the descending aorta during TEE has any prognostic impact in predicting cardiovascular events. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-2-21 DO - 10.1186/1476-7120-2-21 ID - Varga2004 ER -