"Brachiocephalic Trunk" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The first and largest artery branching from the aortic arch. It distributes blood to the right side of the head and neck and to the right arm.
| Descriptor ID |
D016122
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.145
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| Concept/Terms |
Brachiocephalic Trunk- Brachiocephalic Trunk
- Brachiocephalic Trunks
- Trunk, Brachiocephalic
- Trunks, Brachiocephalic
- Innominate Artery
- Arteries, Innominate
- Artery, Innominate
- Innominate Arteries
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brachiocephalic Trunk" by people in Profiles.
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O'Malley TJ, Jordan AM, Prochno KW, Saxena A, Maynes EJ, Ferrell B, Guy TS, Entwistle JW, Massey HT, Morris RJ, Abai B, Tchantchaleishvili V. Evaluation of Endovascular Intervention for Tracheo-Innominate Artery Fistula: A Systematic Review. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2021 May; 55(4):317-324.
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Augoustides JG, Kohl BA, Harris H, Pochettino A. Color-flow Doppler recognition of intraoperative brachiocephalic malperfusion during operative repair of acute type a aortic dissection: utility of transcutaneous carotid artery ultrasound scanning. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2007 Feb; 21(1):81-4.
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Hirose H, Gill IS. Blunt injury of the innominate artery: a case report and review of literature. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Aug; 10(4):218-23.
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Hirose H, Gill IS. Blunt injury of proximal innominate artery. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Apr; 10(2):130-2.