Arteria Lusoria: An Anomalous Finding during Right Transradial Coronary Intervention

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2016-7-5
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Allen, David
Bews, Hilary
Vo, Minh
Kass, Malek
Jassal, Davinder S.
Ravandi, Amir
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Arteria Lusoria or aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is present in 0.6–1.4% of individuals. It typically remains clinically silent and is often discovered during angiographic procedures. The presence of ARSA can make a right transradial approach for coronary angiography and angioplasty technically more difficult. With the use of catheter support, we describe two cases in which a right transradial approach for catheterization was successful in the setting of ARSA. As such, the presence of ARSA does not warrant abandoning a transradial approach for coronary angiography and angioplasty.

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David Allen, Hilary Bews, Minh Vo, Malek Kass, Davinder S. Jassal, and Amir Ravandi, “Arteria Lusoria: An Anomalous Finding during Right Transradial Coronary Intervention,” Case Reports in Cardiology, vol. 2016, Article ID 8079856, 3 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/8079856