Rare cause of recurrent fainting – multiple kinking and brachiocephalic origin of the left common carotid artery
Journal Title: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
The case is presented of a 80-year-old male patient with a history of a few episodes of fainting. In the computed tomography of the head and CT angiography of the carotid arteries, an abnormal origin of the left common carotid artery from the brachiocephalic trunk and multiple, tortuous courses of cervical vessels were found. The purpose of this article is to describe clinical advances in patients with cerebral insufficiency secondary to kinking of the carotid arteries, and to discuss the methods used in the diagnosis and treatment.
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Ewa Kurys-Denis, Andrzej Prystupa, Monika Wójtowicz, Jerzy Mosiewicz, Witold Krupski
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