title: Diagnosis of celiac artery in-stent thrombosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: We present a case of a 70-year-old woman with severe peripheral arterial disease presenting with celiac artery in-stent thrombosis diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Routine assessment of the visceral arteries is not performed in most TEE studies. A review of the literature shows that the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries can be successfully visualized during transgastric views of the abdominal aorta. We propose that two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography have several intrinsic advantages over computed tomography, magnetic resonance angiography and catheterization when assessing aortic and visceral arterial pathology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Robert W W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Biederman
authors.forename: Abid Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fakhri
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*