Isolated Ostial left Main Stenosis Diagnosed by Transesophageal Doppler Echocardiography.
- Author:
Hyeong Kweon KIM
1
;
Kwang Soo CHA
;
Sang Moon BAE
;
Byung Soo KIM
;
Moo Hyun KIM
;
Jong Seong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Cardioligy, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Left main coronary artery disease;
Transesophageal echocardiography;
Coronary angiography
- MeSH:
Constriction, Pathologic*;
Coronary Angiography;
Coronary Artery Disease;
Coronary Vessels;
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography, Doppler*;
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
1997;5(1):64-69
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The therapeutic strategy of the left main disease is quite different frorn usual coronary artery disease. Therefore, the diagnostic evaluation should be done carefully. Eventhough coronary angiography has been considered as a gold standard for the diagnosis of left main disease, its diagnosis is not possible in all cases. In questionable situation, direct visualization of the left main coronary artery and Doppler measurements of coronary blood flow by transesophageal echocardiography may give some diagnostic aids. We report a case of suspected isolated ostial left main stenosis, which was helped diagnotically by perfoming transesophageal Doppler echocardiography.
