The vertebral-basilar system supplies the brain-stem, cerebellum and temporal and occipital lobes 2 ().It begins as the vertebral artery, which is the first branch of the subclavian artery.

Note the bright signal in the left internal carotid area. The bright signal is blood, indicating a dissection of the carotid artery. In contrast, note the normal flow void in the left ... ACA or one ...

CSBG: Carotid subclavian bypass graft; PTA: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The treatment of subclavian artery occlusive disease has evolved from surgery to percutaneous-based treatment ...

The blood pressure was 85/75 mm. of mercury in the left arm and 120/80 mm. of mercury in the right. There was a localized Grade 2 systolic bruit over the left subclavian artery.

Carotid artery dissection: When the carotid artery is involved in the ascending aortic dissection, symptoms of carotid artery dissection may occur which include headache, neck pain and Horner’s ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010;8(9):1275-1282. Finally, we examined our own experience with a 9-year follow-up of primary stenting, which is one of the longest to date. A total of 91 patients ...

The bright signal is blood, indicating a dissection of the carotid artery. Note that the dissection has spread and created a pseudo-aneurysm, best seen on the image on the left. If the diagnosis of ...