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Examination of Left External and Internal Carotid Arteries During Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
NANDA NAVIN C.,
BIEDERMAN ROBERT W.,
THAKUR ABHASH C.,
BECHER HARALD,
TIEMANN KLAUS,
SAMAL ADITYA K.,
JOHN ABRAHAM S.,
NANDA ANIL,
NANDA ANITA,
KUMAR NARAYAN VIRENJAN
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00676.x
Subject(s) - esophagus , pharynx , medicine , carotid arteries , anatomy , cardiology , radiology
The present study demonstrates the feasibility of delineating the carotid bulb and the proximal portions of the left external and left internal carotid arteries during transesophageal examination. This was accomplished by slowly and carefully withdrawing the probe from the esophagus into the pharynx.