title: Aberrant right common carotid artery: a diagnostic challenge on transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Aortic arch anomalies are rare, but when present the aberrant vessels may simulate significant vascular abnormality on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). We report a case of aberrant right common carotid artery. Diagnosis was first suspected on TEE using multiplane and off-axis imaging and subsequently confirmed on magnetic resonance angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Malouf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male