“String of Beads” Appearance of Bilateral Brachial Artery in Fibromuscular Dysplasia | Zendy

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“String of Beads” Appearance of Bilateral Brachial Artery in Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Author(s) -

Tsuyoshi Yoshimuta,

Koichi Akutsu,

Toshiya Okajima,

Yuiichi Tamori,

Yoshinori Kubota,

Satoshi Takeshita

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.747089

Subject(s) - medicine , fibromuscular dysplasia , brachial artery , cardiology , blood pressure , renal artery , kidney

A 56-year-old woman presented with chest discomfort and underwent coronary angiography via a transradial route. Left brachial artery stenosis was suspected because of difficulty in passing with a 0.035-inch guide wire. Upper-extremity angiography showed presence of multiple stenoses and aneurysmal dilatations in her brachial artery (Figure 1). Subsequent to catheterization, the patient received duplex scanning using Aplio SSA-700A (Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan) using the advanced dynamic flow …

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