title: Superior vena cava, right pulmonary artery or both: real time two- and three-dimensional transthoracic contrast echocardiographic identification of the echo-free space posterior to the ascending aorta.
abstract: We describe the usefulness of contrast echocardiography and live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in characterizing the normal structures imaged posterior to the proximal ascending aorta as superior vena cava, right pulmonary artery, or both.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Manjula V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Burri
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Mahan
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Koteswara R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pothineni
authors.forename: Pridhvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelamanchili
authors.forename: Sadik R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Panwar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride