Usefulness of echocardiography and radionuclide ventriculography for diagnosing buckling of the innominate artery in children

Abstract

Buckling of the brachiocephalic arteries is a relatively common anomaly. 1–4 Until now, this anomaly has been diagnosed during life only by angiography or as a postmortem finding. 1–4 To the best of our knowledge, involvement of the innominate artery in pediatric patients has not yet been reported. We present 14 patients with buckling of the innominate artery who were diagnosed by 2-dimensional (2-D) echocardiography and nuclear angiography. In 4 patients angiography was also performed and the diagnosis was confirmed in all.