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Left main coronary artery ostial stenosis: the role of transoesophageal echocardiography. 2003

András Nagy, and Ferenc Lakatos, and Mária Lengyel

"Gottsegen György" Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary.

Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) using colour flow Doppler and intracoronary flow velocity measurements by pulsed Doppler may be helpful in detecting coronary artery disease. We present a case of a middle-aged man in whom left main ostial stenosis was detected by TEE after two non-diagnostic coronary angiographies. The main message of our case is that TEE was performed and was diagnostic after two non-diagnostic coronary angiographies. If ischaemia is confirmed TEE should be performed in cases of negative coronary angiographies to rule out left main ostial stenosis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D017023	Coronary Angiography	Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium.	Angiography, Coronary,Angiographies, Coronary,Coronary Angiographies
D018618	Echocardiography, Doppler, Color	Echocardiography applying the Doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colors on a gray scale in a real-time image.	Color Flow Echocardiography,Doppler Echocardiography, Color,Echocardiography, Color Doppler,Echocardiography, Color Flow,Color Doppler Echocardiography,Color Echocardiography, Doppler,Doppler Color Echocardiography,Echocardiography, Doppler Color,Color Flow Echocardiographies,Echocardiographies, Color Flow,Flow Echocardiographies, Color,Flow Echocardiography, Color
D023921	Coronary Stenosis	Narrowing or constriction of a coronary artery.	Coronary Artery Stenosis,Coronary Stenoses,Artery Stenoses, Coronary,Artery Stenosis, Coronary,Coronary Artery Stenoses,Stenoses, Coronary,Stenoses, Coronary Artery,Stenosis, Coronary,Stenosis, Coronary Artery