title: Examination of Left External and Internal Carotid Arteries During Transesophageal Echocardiography.
abstract: The present study demonstrates the feasibility of delineating the carotid bulb and the proximal portions of the left external and left internal carotid arteries during transesophageal examination. This was accomplished by slowly and carefully withdrawing the probe from the esophagus into the pharynx.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SW/S102, Birmingham, AL 35233.
authors.forename: Navin C.
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Robert W.
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Biederman
authors.forename: Abhash C.
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Becher
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiemann
authors.forename: Aditya K.
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Samal
authors.forename: Abraham S.
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Virenjan
authors.lastname: Kumar Narayan