Spontaneous Subclavian Artery Dissection Causing Ischemia of the Arm: Diagnosis and Endovascular Management

Spontaneous subclavian artery dissections are rare, with very few cases described in the literature. We report an unusual case of a 62-year-old female who presented with ischemia of the left arm secondary to spontaneous dissection of the first part of the left subclavian artery. We describe the imag...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inCardiovascular and interventional radiology Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 326 - 328
Main Authors Ananthakrishnan, Ganapathy, Bhat, Rajesh, Zealley, Ian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer-Verlag 01.03.2009
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
ANEMIAS
Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications
Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Dissecting - surgery
Angiography
Arm - blood supply
Arm - diagnostic imaging
Arm - surgery
ARMS
ARTERIES
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
Cardiology
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Case Report
DISEASES
Female
HEMIC DISEASES
Humans
Imaging
ISCHEMIA
Ischemia - diagnostic imaging
Ischemia - etiology
Ischemia - surgery
LIMBS
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nuclear Medicine
ORGANS
Radiology
RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Stents
Subclavian Artery - diagnostic imaging
Subclavian Artery - surgery
SYMPTOMS
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasound
VASCULAR DISEASES
Stent
Spontaneous subclavian dissection
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Spontaneous subclavian artery dissections are rare, with very few cases described in the literature. We report an unusual case of a 62-year-old female who presented with ischemia of the left arm secondary to spontaneous dissection of the first part of the left subclavian artery. We describe the imaging findings on both aortic arch angiogram and CT angiogram and discuss management by endovascular means.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Case Study-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:0174-1551
1432-086X
DOI:10.1007/s00270-008-9380-y