Aortic arch origin of the vertebral artery may have clinical implications
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2019Author
Ogeng’o, Julius A.
Ongeti, Kevin W.
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The vertebral artery usually arises from the 1st
part of the subclavian artery. Variant origin may
include the aortic arch, common, internal or
external carotid arteries or a branch of the
subclavian artery. Origin from the aortic arch,
which is the most common, occurs in up to
22%, but most frequently in 2 – 8% cases (Al –
Okaili and Schwartz, 2007; Lale et al., 2014;
Yuan, 2016). The prevalence of this variation in
African Populations is within the range of those
in Indo Asian and Caucasian populations .................................................
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https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/jogengo/publications/aortic-arch-origin-vertebral-artery-may-have-clinical-implicationshttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/155315
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Ogeng’o JA, Ongeti KW. "AORTIC ARCH ORIGIN OF THE VERTEBRAL ARTERY MAY HAVE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS." Anatomy Journal of Africa . 2019;8(2):1484-1485.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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