Aortic root ring sign: multimodality imaging of aortic root abscess
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Aortic root ring sign: multimodality imaging of aortic root abscess.
Aortic root ring sign: multimodality imaging of aortic root abscess H. Liu*, Y.-H. Juan*, Q. Wang, J. Xie, Q. Hou, H. Fei, X. Zhang, H. Zhou, C. Liang, Y.-C. Lin, R.Y. Kwong and S.S. Saboo From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard M...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv073