Aberrant right subclavian artery, the most common anatomic variant of aortic arch, occurs in 0.5% population. Symptoms generally result from compression esophagus and/or trachea as aberrant vessel passes posteriorly mediastinum. Treatment includes revascularizing artery carotid using a cervical approach combined with occluding origin thoracic aorta. We describe hybrid treatment for symptomatic ...

This report describes a patient with right-sided aortic arch, aberrant left subclavian artery and Kommerell diverticulum, who presented aneurysmal degeneration of the root to descending aorta, in addition an acute Type B 2-10 dissection. He underwent hybrid treatment valve-sparing replacement, transverse arch replacement reattachment right artery, bilateral common carotid arteries, thoracic end...

Subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) is a rare condition. It results from subclavian artery (SA) stenosis proximal to the origin of the vertebral artery. It is characterized by cerebral ischaemia with associated symptoms of vertebrobasilar hypoperfusion and/or symptoms of brainstem or arm ischaemia. We describe a case of a 35 year old male who presented with persistent vertigo for two months, blue d...

Objectives: To review our experience of stentgraft deployment for vascular aneurysm or pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic or subclavian artery. Methods: Participants comprised 7 patients (4 men, 3 women; mean age, 61 years; range, 47 76 years) who underwent endovascular repair of brachiocephalic or subclavian arterial vascular lesions between July 2001 and November 2008. Causes of vascular l...

We recently read the interesting article by Albayram et al (1), which concisely explained the anomalies of the vertebral arteries. We would like to present another rare case of bilateral vertebral arteries originating from the aortic arch. We incidentally diagnosed this condition on the basis of findings on a chest CT scan obtained in a patient with trauma. Our trauma chest CT protocol uses 8 2...