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Common Carotid Trunk & Right Vertebral Artery Originating From the Right Common Carotid Artery in a Patient With Carotid Stenosis
Author(s) -
Ugurlucan Murat,
Sayin Omer Ali,
Surmen Benguhan,
Alpagut Ufuk,
Dayioglu Enver,
Onursal Ertan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2006.00262.x
Subject(s) - medicine , common carotid artery , right common carotid artery , stenosis , carotid arteries , vertebral artery , trunk , cardiology , radiology , ecology , biology
Truncus bicaroticus is a very rare vascular malformation. In this report, we present a very rare anomaly in a patient with left internal carotid artery stenosis together with truncus bicaroticus and right vertebral artery originating from the right common carotid artery.