Aortic Arch Variations and Supra-aortic Arterial Tortuosity in Stroke Patients Undergoing Thrombectomy : Retrospective Analysis of 1705 Cases.

Maiwand SidiqEmilia ScheideckerArne PotreckUlf NeubergerCharlotte S WeylandSibu MundiyanapurathMartin BendszusMarkus A MöhlenbruchFatih Seker

Published in: Clinical neuroradiology (2022)

With 20%, type III aortic arches are found in a relevant proportion of stroke patients eligible for mechanical thrombectomy. Nearly half of the stroke patients present with supra-aortic arterial tortuosity, mostly arterial elongation.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
type iii
patients undergoing
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
aortic dissection
atrial fibrillation
coronary artery
acute ischemic stroke
heart failure
subarachnoid hemorrhage