Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of left vertebral artery origin stenosis.
We discuss the case of a patient with stroke in whom severe stenosis at the origin of the left vertebral artery was identified by transesophageal echocardiography and subsequently confirmed with conventional angiography.
Aaluri
Srinivasa
S
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
Miller
Andrew P
AP
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Orr
Sean C
SC
Nekkanti
Rajasekhar S
RS
Gomez
Camilo R
CR
D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*