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Diagnosis of Celiac Artery In‐Stent Thrombosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Biederman Robert W. W.,
Fakhri Abid Ali,
Young Joseph C.
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8175.2012.01801.x
Subject(s) - medicine , celiac artery , radiology , superior mesenteric artery , thrombosis , cardiology , mesenteric arteries , abdominal aorta , angiography , aorta , magnetic resonance imaging , artery
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.