title: Transesophageal and transpharyngeal echocardiographic detection of the extracranial segments of the left vertebral artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Gilbert J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Gurpreet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baweja
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010614:Pharynx / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology