ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE BRACHIOCEPHALIC VESSELS WITH RIGHT AORTIC-ARCH AND CONTRALATERAL SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME

Authors
FORLODOU P FASQUEL JL ANDRO JF
Citation
P. Forlodou et al., ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE BRACHIOCEPHALIC VESSELS WITH RIGHT AORTIC-ARCH AND CONTRALATERAL SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME, Surgical and radiologic anatomy, 15(1), 1993, pp. 71-74
Citations number
15
Journal title
Surgical and radiologic anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09301038
Volume
15
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
71 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-1038(1993)15:1<71:AOOTBV>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Anomalies of origin of the brachiocephalic vessels are uncommon. The a uthors report a new case of such an abnormality revealed by a subclavi an steal syndrome. The angiographic study showed a right aortic arch w ith hypoplasia of the origin of the left subclavian a., which arose fr om the descending aorta, and a collateral cervical circulation derived from the left vertebral a. and the right subclavian a.