Bilaterally symmetrical congenital absence of radial artery: a case report

BMC Surgery

Case Report

Jing-yuan Mao¹  Ying Zheng¹  Lei Shao² 

[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: Radial artery;    Absence;    Bilateral;    Anterior interosseous artery;    Ulnar artery;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-14-15

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

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 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 presentationDuring 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.ConclusionThe 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】

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