Please click here to obtain permission to reproduce this image.
Click on image to view larger version.
Figure 2 Transesophageal echocardiographic image of the mid-descending thoracic aorta, demonstrating measurements of the aortic diameter (vertical- dashed arrow) and plaque thickness (solid-line arrow). Note that for measurements of the aortic lumen diameter, atherosclerotic plaques were included within the lumen.
|
