title: Transpharyngeal echocardiographic detection of a left internal carotid artery stent.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mukhtar
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kottakota
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puri
mesh_terms: 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