Transpharyngeal echocardiographic detection of a left internal carotid artery stent.
This case report describes a patient in whom a left internal carotid (LIC) artery stent was detected using a transpharyngeal approach during a transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) study. Using pulsed-Doppler interrogation, flow through and beyond the stent was characterized and restenosis was ruled out.
Miller
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Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249, USA.
Nanda
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Mukhtar
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Kottakota
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Puri
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents