Disease relevance of Brachiocephalic Trunk

• These results suggest that the model of middle cerebral artery occlusion potentiated with the occlusion of the brachiocephalic trunk and the left subclavian artery by balloon catheters is a reliable stroke model and that phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy is useful to understand the pathophysiological state of cerebral ischemia in vivo [1].
• Cough-variant asthma was the most common cause of cough, followed by sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux, aberrant innominate artery, psychogenic cough, and subglottic stenosis [2].
• We investigated gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) as an alternative technique for evaluation of suspected atheromas of the innominate artery [3].

High impact information on Brachiocephalic Trunk

• Furthermore, P-selectin mRNA expression was readily detectable in macrophage-rich plaques of atherosclerotic innominate arteries and blood monocyte-derived macrophages from apoE(-/-) mice [4].
• Mice administered Celecoxib had no significant changes in serum cholesterol or the average cross sectional area of atherosclerotic lesion in the innominate artery after 15 weeks of treatment in comparison to non-treated control mice [5].
• Although the established lesions were slightly smaller in the innominate artery of the estrogen treated mice, estrogen did not prevent lesion progression [6].
• Ten of them have undergone a superior vena cava-pulmonary shunt (one death), and 1 has required patch angioplasty of the aortic arch and innominate artery with revision of the aortopulmonary shunt [7].
• Inadvertent infusion of parenteral nutrition via the innominate artery [8].

Chemical compound and disease context of Brachiocephalic Trunk

• From a retrospective review of 520 examinations, we identified five patients who had innominate artery atheromas diagnosed prospectively with gadolinium-enhanced MRA who also underwent TEE within 1 month [3].

Anatomical context of Brachiocephalic Trunk

• A bolus injection of PGE2 (50 micrograms) into the brachiocephalic trunk or descending aorta raised plasma cortisol (F) 25.3 +/- 4.5 (SE) ng/ml to 75.5 +/- 5.4 ng/ml at 15 to 30 minutes and 23.2 +/- 3.0 to 60.5 +/- 7.1 ng/ml at 15 to 30 minutes, respectively (both P less than 0.001) [9].

Gene context of Brachiocephalic Trunk

• Advanced atherosclerotic lesions in the innominate artery of the ApoE knockout mouse [10].
• At post mortem a mediastinal abscess containing MRSA was found to have eroded into the innominate artery causing fatal haemorrhage [11].
• To the best of our knowledge, the literature contains no other report of a patient who has PDA originated from left subclavian artery associated with ventricular septal defect (VSD), double brachiocephalic trunk and interrupted left subclavian artery [12].
• PTA of the subclavian and innominate artery: short- and long-term results [13].

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