A Novel Variant of the Aortic Arch Great Vessels

Authors

Eric Feldstein, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA. Electronic address: efeldste2@student.touro.edu.
Sabrina Zeller, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Monica Mureb, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Haris Kamal, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Steven D. Shapiro, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Gurmeen Kaur, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Fawaz Al-Mufti, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.Follow
Chirag D. Gandhi, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Justin Santarelli, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA. Electronic address: Justin.Santarelli@wmchealth.org.

Author Type(s)

Faculty, Resident/Fellow

Journal Title

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

First Page

107172

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2022

Department

Neurology

Second Department

Neurosurgery

Abstract

Congenital variants of the aortic arch are important to recognize not only for their association with congenital heart disease, vascular rings, and chromosomal abnormalities but also for the purposes of neurointerventional angiography. While many different variants have been reported in the literature, we present two rare cases of an aortic arch variant that, to the best of our knowledge, has not yet been described in the literature- an anteriorly-directed, independent common origin of both carotid arteries from the ascending aorta, with separate subclavian artery trunks originating from the arch.

Recommended Citation

Feldstein, E., Zeller, S., Mureb, M., Kamal, H., Shapiro, S. D., Kaur, G., Al-Mufti, F., Gandhi, C. D., & Santarelli, J. (2022). A Novel Variant of the Aortic Arch Great Vessels. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 214, 107172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107172