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Aortic Arch Branches are Occluded: Which Artery Nourishes the Brain?
Author(s) -
Alpagut Ufuk,
Sayin Omer Ali,
Ugurlucan Murat,
Cinar Tarhan,
Surmen Benguhan,
Goktas Burce,
Dayioglu Enver,
Onursal Ertan
Publication year - 2007
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.1540-8191.2007.00357.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic arch , aorta , arteritis , cardiology , vertebral artery , takayasu arteritis , anatomy , vasculitis , disease
Takayasu arteritis is an inflammatory vascular disease that primarily affects the aorta and its major branches. In this report, we present a 47‐year‐old woman whose aortic arch branches were totally occluded and the cerebral circulation is dependent on a dilated right vertebral artery.