Clinical findings | Artery or structure involved |
Aortic insufficiency or heart failure | Aortic valve |
Myocardial infarction | Coronary artery (often right) |
Cardiac tamponade | Pericardium |
Hemothorax | Thorax |
Horner syndrome (ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis) | Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion |
Stroke or syncope | Brachiocephalic, common carotid, or left subclavian arteries |
Upper extremity pulselessness, hypotension pain | Subclavian artery |
Paraplegia | Intercostal arteries (give off spinal and vertebral arteries) |
Back or flank pain; renal failure | Renal artery |
Abdominal pain; mesenteric ischemia | Celiac or mesenteric arteries |
Lower extremity pain, pulselessness, weakness | Common iliac artery |
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