Published in:
01-04-2003 | Case Report
Right Subclavian Artery Aneurysm: Yin-Yang Sign on CT
Authors:
Ramazan Kutlu, Tamer Baysal, Ahmet Sigirci, Erdal Ege, Kaya Sarac
Published in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Issue 2/2003
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Excerpt
True subclavian artery aneurysm (SAA) is a rare type of peripheral artery aneurysm. Thoracic outlet syndrome and atherosclerosis are the most common etiological factors [
1]. Halsted [
2] explained the poststenotic dilatation and the aneurysm development to be a result of turbulent flow near the narrowing and low blood pressure distal to the stenosis. …