title: Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of left vertebral artery origin stenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Srinivasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aaluri
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Sean C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Orr
authors.forename: Rajasekhar S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Nekkanti
authors.forename: Camilo R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: 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*