The collateral pathway from the left internal thoracic artery to the left external iliac artery detected by multislice computed tomography.
It is important to evaluate the presence or absence of the collateral pathway from the left internal thoracic artery in aortoiliac occlusive disease. This case report indicates that multislice computed tomography is a very useful method for detecting this collateral pathway.
Zaizen
Hirofumi
H
Tamura
Akira
A
Miyamoto
Kumie
K
Kadota
Junichi
J
D000368:Aged; D001027:Aortography; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed