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Atherosclerotic aneurysm of the proximal subclavian artery: a case report. 1998

S Pagni, and R W Denatale, and A M Ferneini

Department of Surgery, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.

Aneurysms of the upper extremities, and particularly the intrathoracic segment of the subclavian artery, are unusual. Surgical approach and timing of repair remain controversial. We successfully treated a case of a large proximal subclavian artery aneurysm, atherosclerotic in origin. In spite of the size, the symptoms were vague. The patient underwent partial resection of the lesion located in the proximal third of the right subclavian artery, and repair using 8 mm dacron interposition graft. She did well postoperatively and remains symptom free at 1 year. A discussion of this disorder with the relevant literature review is herein included.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008279	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques.	Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000783	Aneurysm	Pathological outpouching or sac-like dilatation in the wall of any blood vessel (ARTERIES or VEINS) or the heart (HEART ANEURYSM). It indicates a thin and weakened area in the wall which may later rupture. Aneurysms are classified by location, etiology, or other characteristics.	Saccular Aneurysm,Fusiform Aneurysm,Aneurysm, Fusiform,Aneurysms,Aneurysms, Fusiform,Fusiform Aneurysms
D001161	Arteriosclerosis	Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries.	Arterioscleroses
D013348	Subclavian Artery	Artery arising from the brachiocephalic trunk on the right side and from the arch of the aorta on the left side. It distributes to the neck, thoracic wall, spinal cord, brain, meninges, and upper limb.	Arteries, Subclavian,Artery, Subclavian,Subclavian Arteries
D015901	Angiography, Digital Subtraction	A method of delineating blood vessels by subtracting a tissue background image from an image of tissue plus intravascular contrast material that attenuates the X-ray photons. The background image is determined from a digitized image taken a few moments before injection of the contrast material. The resulting angiogram is a high-contrast image of the vessel. This subtraction technique allows extraction of a high-intensity signal from the superimposed background information. The image is thus the result of the differential absorption of X-rays by different tissues.	Digital Subtraction Angiography,Subtraction Angiography, Digital
D018615	Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color	Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colors on a gray scale in a real-time image. This type of ultrasonography is well-suited to identifying the location of high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region.	Doppler Ultrasonography, Color,Ultrasonography, Color Doppler,Color Doppler Ultrasonography,Color Ultrasonography, Doppler,Doppler Color Ultrasonography,Ultrasonography, Doppler Color
D019917	Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation	Surgical insertion of BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES to repair injured or diseased blood vessels.	Implantation, Blood Vessel Prosthesis,Vascular Prosthesis Implantation,Implantation, Vascular Prosthesis,Prosthesis Implantation, Vascular