Bilaterally symmetrical congenital absence of radial artery: a case report

BMC Surgery

Jing-yuan Mao¹  Lei Shao²  Ying Zheng¹ 

[1] Cardiovascular Department of The First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 314 Anshan Western Road, Tianjin, Nankai District, China;Intervension lab of The First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 314 Anshan Western Road, Tianjin, Nankai District, China

关键词: Ulnar artery;    Anterior interosseous artery;    Bilateral;    Absence;    Radial artery;   

Others  :  866870
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-14-15

 received in 2013-11-12, accepted in 2014-03-11,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The radial artery is used for the access of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as for coronary artery bypass surgery. Variations of upper limb arteries are common, however, congenital absence of radial artery is scarce, and most cases were unilateral radial artery absence.

Case presentation

During a coronary angiography of a 43-year-old man, we encountered a very rare bilateral congenital absence of the radial artery. For both arms, the radial arteries were not observed and the ulnar arteries were small in size, while anterior interosseous arteries were found to be the dominant artery. Coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention were performed via the brachial artery since transradial percutaneous coronary intervention failed.

Conclusion

The highlight of this case is that it could be the first case to be reported with bilateral absence of radial artery in adults.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Zheng et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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