title: Linear object in the ascending aorta discovered on routine transesophageal echocardiography for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Peter Frank
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Mueting-Nelsen
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tannous
authors.forename: Andrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apinis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016477:Artifacts; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male