Aberrant right vertebral artery from descending thoracic aorta.

Mukkannavar, Shivaprasad Babu; Kuthe, Sachin Anant; Mishra, Anand Kumar; Rohit, Manoj Kumar · Ann Thorac Surg · 2013

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present a case of an abnormal origin of right subclavian artery and right vertebral artery distal to the origin of left subclavian artery in a 2-year-old patient who presented with cyanotic congenital heart disease with single ventricle physiology. The anomalous origin of a right vertebral artery from the proximal descending thoracic aorta is very rare. We have described the cine-angiographic identification of its origin and course, its embryologic development, and its clinical relevance.

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