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Case Reports
. 2012 Mar-Apr;36(2):275-6.
doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31824afc3d.

The five-vessel arch: independent origin of both vertebral arteries from the aortic arch

Christian Scott Welch  1 , Paul Stark
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The five-vessel arch: independent origin of both vertebral arteries from the aortic arch

Christian Scott Welch et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2012 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

An independent origin of the left vertebral artery from the aortic arch is the second most common aortic arch anomaly and occurs in 7% of otherwise healthy persons. Bilateral and independent origins of vertebral arteries are distinctly unusual. We present and illustrate such a case.

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