Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of normal and stenosed posterior intercostal arteries.
We describe our experience in using transesophageal echocardiography to identify both right and left posterior intercostal arteries and assessing them for stenosis.
Ravi
Barugur S
BS
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Htay
Thein
T
Dod
Harvinder S
HS
Agrawal
Gopal
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*