Usefulness of a new automatic boundary detection system (acoustic quantification) for assessing stiffness of the descending thoracic aorta by transesophageal echocardiography

Am J Cardiol. 1992 Dec 15;70(20):1629-31. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90476-f.

Authors

A Mügge¹, W G Daniel, J Niedermeyer, D Hausmann, P Nikutta, P R Lichtlen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Germany.

PMID: 1466342
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90476-f

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aging / physiology
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Diseases / physiopathology
Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Vascular Resistance / physiology