Aberrant birth of a radial artery in the upper third of the forearm: A case report

We report the case of a 68-year-old patient, operated on in our department of a quadruple coronary bypass grafting. The grafting strategy consisted initially on harvesting the left internal thoracic artery and the left radial artery. The harvest of this latter failed because of a rare anatomical var...

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Published in:Morphologie 2018-06, Vol.102 (337), p.101-105
Main Authors: Barry, M, Nader, J, Hun, Y, Havet, E, Barry, F, Laude, M, Bonnaire, B, Caus, T
Format: Article
Language:eng ; fre
Subjects:
Aged
Anatomic Variation
Coronary Artery Bypass - adverse effects
Coronary Artery Bypass - methods
Forearm - blood supply
Humans
Radial Artery - abnormalities
Radial Artery - transplantation
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Summary:We report the case of a 68-year-old patient, operated on in our department of a quadruple coronary bypass grafting. The grafting strategy consisted initially on harvesting the left internal thoracic artery and the left radial artery. The harvest of this latter failed because of a rare anatomical variation of the radial artery, which rose from the confluence of two branches: a superficial and a deep radial artery at the proximal third of the forearm approximately 10cm below the elbow.
ISSN:1286-0115
DOI:10.1016/j.morpho.2018.03.002