title: Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of normal and stenosed posterior intercostal arteries.
abstract: We describe our experience in using transesophageal echocardiography to identify both right and left posterior intercostal arteries and assessing them for stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Barugur S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ravi
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Thein
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Htay
authors.forename: Harvinder S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Dod
authors.forename: Gopal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: 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*