Duplicate origin of left vertebral artery with thrombosis at the origin: Color Doppler sonography and CT angiography findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 323-325

  Mahmutyazicioǧlu, Kâmran ^a,b   Saraç, Kaya ^a   Bölük, Ayhan ^a   Kutlu, Ramazan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Doppler ultrasonography; Duplicate origin; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031799402     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199807/08)26:6<323::AID-JCU9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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