0 relating to structures under the collarbone (= the bone that goes from the top of the arms to the bottom of the neck) --
First, if the distal dorsal aorta is retained with the seventh intersegmental artery, an aberrant right subclavian artery will arise from the descending aorta.
The freed right subclavian artery was anastomosed to the ascending aorta.
In the setting of interrupted arch, then, subclavian steal is not specific to patients with an isolated or aberrant subclavian artery.
Critics of this procedure point to the potential consequences resulting from division of the left subclavian artery.
The atrial septum was closed, the right duct ligated along with the left subclavian artery, pulmonary arterial origin of this vessel being confirmed at surgery.
There was a left-sided aortic arch with severe co-arctation located between the insertion of the arterial duct and origin of the left subclavian artery.
The subclavian artery forms a patch of autologous living material that will grow with the child.
In this last form of aberrant left subclavian artery, there is often an association with intracardiac defects.
