title: Subclavian and pulmonary artery steal phenomenon in a patient with isolated left subclavian artery and right aortic arch.
abstract: We describe a patient with an isolated left subclavian artery associated with right aortic arch, patent ductus arteriosus, and ventricular septal defect. As the isolated left subclavian artery is supplied by the left vertebral artery in which blood flows in the retrograde direction, this anomaly is usually responsible for a congenital subclavian steal phenomenon. Atrophy of the left cerebral hemisphere and inverted left vertebral arterial flow were clearly depicted by echoencephalography in this patient, whose subclavian artery was connected to the main pulmonary artery by a patent ductus arteriosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayabuchi
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagami
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*