Use of the transverse cervical artery with indwelling shunt for subclavian-vertebral bypass.
A patient presented with vertebrobasilar symptoms and a complex pattern of cerebrovascular occlusions that required direct bypass to the vertebral artery. A branch of the thyrocervical trunk was used with a temporary indwelling shunt; the outcome was successful.
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply*; D011859:Radiography; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*