Endovascular treatment of occlusive lesions of the subclavian and innominate arteries.

摘要

The innominate artery, the common carotid, and the subclavian artery are collectively named aortic arch arteries or brachiocephalic arteries. Symptomatic lesions of these arteries occur less frequently than symptomatic lesions of the carotid bifurcations. The joint study of Arterial Occlusion reported that only 17% of lesions demonstrated on arteriography involved the innominate artery and the proximal subclavian arteries. In a large series including 1961 operations performed for cerebrovascular disease, only 7.5% involved the innominate, common carotid, or the subclavian arteries .Innominate artery and subclavian artery occlusive disease occurs in relatively younger patients than more common types of atherosclerotic disease. Mean age ranges from 49 years to 69 years . There is only slight predominance of male patients in most of the reports. In some of the reports, female patients represent the majority .