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Transpharyngeal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Carotid Bulb and Left Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis |
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| Authors: | NAVIN C. NANDA M.D. CAMILO R. GOMEZ M.D. VIRENJAN KUMAR NARAYAN M.D. SRINATH KADIMI M.D. JOHN B. TERRY M.D. ROEKCHAI TULYAPRONCHOTE M.D. ABHASH C. THAKUR M.D. OZLEM OCAK M.D. AJAY JINDAL M.D. TAO YU LEE M.D. |
| Affiliation: | Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama;Division of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Abstract: | We report a patient in whom we were able to make an accurate diagnosis of left carotid bulb and left internal carotid artery stenosis by carefully and slowly withdrawing the probe from the esophagus into the pharynx. |
| Keywords: | transpharyngeal echocardiography left carotid bulb stenosis left internal carotid artery stenosis transesophageal echocardiography |