title: Percutaneous angioplasty and stenting of subclavian arteries before surgical coronary revascularization in a patient with an aberrant right subclavian artery.
abstract: An aberrant right subclavian artery occurs in less than 2% of the population. An associated stenosis of the subclavian artery carries a risk of subclavian-coronary steal in patients who undergo coronary revascularization. We report on the case of a 54-year-old man admitted to our hospital for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Angiographic examination revealed bilateral subclavian-artery stenosis with an aberrant right subclavian artery, anomalous origin of the right vertebral artery from the right common carotid artery, and left vertebral-artery occlusion. The patient underwent successful bilateral subclavian angioplasty and stenting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, 1-1Kifunemachi, Kokurakita-ku, 802-8555 Kitakyusyu-shi Fukuoka, Japan, and Department of Neurosurgery, Zagazig University Hospital, Egypt. mahmoudlotfy1972@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamuro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Taki
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*