title: Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of bilateral vertebral artery ostial stenosis.
abstract: We describe the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in correctly diagnosing severe ostial stenosis of both the left and right vertebral arteries in an adult patient. Although transesophageal echocardiography has been previously used to identify left vertebral artery stenosis, to our knowledge this study represents the first demonstration of its usefulness in detecting bilateral vertebral artery ostial stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Sujood
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Rajasekhar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nekkanti
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Camilo R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*