Vertebral and carotid artery anomalies in patients with aberrant right subclavian arteries

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1007-1012

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b,c   Tzeng, Wen Sheng ^d,e,f   Lee, Tain ^a,b,c   Jan, Sheng Lin ^a,b,c   Fu, Yun Ching ^a,c   Chen, Min Chi ^a   Lin, Pao Chun ^a   Liao, Wan Chun ^f,g   Chen, Clayton Chi Chang ^a,b,f  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^g FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aberrant right subclavian artery; Carotid artery; Children; CT; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ADOLESCENT; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY ANOMALY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 34548750336     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0574-2     Document Type: Review

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