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01-01-2019 | Classics in Abdominal Radiology

Coral-reef-aorta

Authors: C. Kloth, S. A. Schmidt

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 1/2019

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Extensive protuberant intraluminal calcifications of the aorta, with normal aortic diameter, and near-occlusive stenosis of the vessel lumen describe the phenomenon of a coral-reef aorta. The condition received its name in 1984 by Qvarfordt et al. who published findings involving nine female patients with suprarenal obstructive calcifications of the aorta [1, 2]. …

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Title: Coral-reef-aorta
Authors: C. Kloth
S. A. Schmidt
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Abdominal Radiology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-018-1711-0

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