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European Journal of Echocardiography 2007 8(3):163-166; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.11.008
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Copyright © 2006, The European Society of Cardiology

Kon-Tiki revisited

Antonius F.W. van der Steen* and David E. Goertz

Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Centre, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 16 November 2006; accepted after revision 16 November 2006.

* Corresponding author. Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Centre, Erasmus MC, Room Ee 2302, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 408 8030; fax: +31 10 408 9445. a.vandersteen@erasmusmc.nl

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Vulnerable plaque; Vasa vasorum; Intravascular ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agents; Harmonic imaging; Easter Island

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On Easter Sunday 1722 three Dutch sailing vessels under command of Admiral Jacob Roggeveen slipped into the shelter of an Island not yet plotted on any map, roughly 4000km west of South America.1 This was the very day that mankind was challenged with several mysteries. The inlanders referred to the Island as Te-Pito-o-te-Henua (navel of the world), it also goes by the name of Rapa Nui, but Roggeveen baptized it Easter Island. It is a small island in the shape of a triangle, with the longest side being 25km. The Dutch had only been there for less than a day, but their record of this visit turned out to be of considerable value, since it was . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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