The five-vessel arch: independent origin of both vertebral arteries from the aortic arch.

An independent origin of the left vertebral artery from the aortic arch is the second most common aortic arch anomaly and occurs in 7% of otherwise healthy persons. Bilateral and independent origins of vertebral arteries are distinctly unusual. We present and illustrate such a case.

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Christian Scott Welch, Paul Stark. The five-vessel arch: independent origin of both vertebral arteries from the aortic arch. Journal of computer assisted tomography. 2012 Mar-Apr;36(2):275-6

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