Weak Radial Artery Pulse : An unusual congenital cause

Authors

Poothirikovil Venugopalan, Department of Child Health, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton, UK
Puthuval Sivakumar, Departments of Child Health, University Hospital of Hartlepool, Hartlepool, UK
Robert G. Ardley, Departments of Medical Physics University Hospital of Hartlepool, Hartlepool, UK
Crispian Oates, Regional Medical Physics Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastleupon- Tyne, UK.

Abstract

We present an 11year-old boy with a weak right radial pulse, and describe the successful application of vascular ultrasound to identify the ulnar artery dominance and a thin right radial artery with below normal Doppler flow velocity that could explain the discrepancy. The implications of identifying this anomaly are discussed.

Publication Date

7-2-2012

First Page

116

Last Page

119

Creative Commons License

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Recommended Citation

Venugopalan, Poothirikovil; Sivakumar, Puthuval; Ardley, Robert G.; and Oates, Crispian (2012) "Weak Radial Artery Pulse : An unusual congenital cause," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 12: 116-119.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1350