title: Novel approaches for the treatment of the aberrant right subclavian artery and its aneurysms.
abstract: We report a minimally invasive, hybrid endovascular approach that was used to treat two patients with aberrant right subclavian arteries. The first patient was a 50-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia lusoria. She underwent endovascular plugging and depressurization of the aberrant artery and a carotid-subclavian bypass using right supraclavicular access. The second patient, a 77-year-old woman who presented with a 5.5-cm aneurysm at the origin of a previously bypassed aberrant artery on the distal aortic arch, was treated using bilateral carotid-subclavian bypasses through neck incisions and a thoracic endoluminal graft exclusion of the arch aneurysm that covered both subclavian arteries.
authors.affiliation: Arizona Heart Institute and Heart Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA.
authors.forename: Hani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shennib
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*