Open AccessStenosis or Occlusion of the Right Subclavian and Common Carotid Arteries Is More Common than That of the Innominate Artery in Takayasu Arteritis
Author(s) -
Bong Won Park,
Sang Jun Park,
Hojong Park,
Jae Chol Hwang,
Young Woo Seo,
Hong Rae Cho
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vascular specialist international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2288-7989
pISSN - 2288-7970
DOI - 10.5758/vsi.2015.31.4.120
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , common carotid artery , subclavian artery , occlusion , right common carotid artery , digital subtraction angiography , radiology , subclavian steal syndrome , magnetic resonance angiography , arteritis , angiography , takayasu's arteritis , cardiology , carotid arteries , magnetic resonance imaging , vasculitis , disease
The aim of this study was to introduce the phenomenon that stenosis or occlusion occurs less frequently in the innominate artery than in the right subclavian and common carotid arteries, which are not first-order branches of the aorta, in Takayasu arteritis (TA).