This patient has an occluded right common carotid artery, occluded bilateral vertebral arteries (right at origin, left in cervical portion) and an 80% stenosis of the left internal carotid.
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Case #1aLateral aortic arch injection The ascending and deep cervical arteries on the right reconstitute the occluded right vertebral artery. Occlusion of the right common carotid and marked stenosis of the left internal carotid are also demonstrated. |
Case #1bRPO neck, aortic arch injection This projection better demonstrates the left internal carotid stenosis and the enlarged deep cervical artery which reconstitutes the vertebral artery. |
Case #1cAP cranial view, aortic arch injection Blood supply to the brain is primarily from the critically stenotic left internal carotid and collateral circulation. |