1. Thickened intima of the aortic arch is a risk factor for stroke with coronary artery bypass grafting 
Tomohiro Mizuno, MD, Masaaki Toyama, MD, Noriyuki Tabuchi, MD, PhD, Kazuyuki Kuriu, MD, Shigeyuki Ozaki, MD, Isamu Kawase, MD, Hirotsugu Horimi, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 70, Issue 5, Pages (November 2000)
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2. Fig 1
View of a normal aorta by transesophageal echocardiography. Normal ascending aorta in short-axis view (A) and in long-axis view (B); normal aortic arch (C) and normal descending aorta (D). Only the dista ascending aorta can not be imaged because it is behind the trachea and main bronchus.
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3. Fig 2
Thickened intima of the aortic arch in patient 5. The patient suffered a perioperative cerebral infarction.
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