Duplex ultrasound in the evaluation of venous and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome

JRSM Open. 2021 Mar 22;12(3):2054270420983101. doi: 10.1177/2054270420983101. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Jian Hu¹, Robert Biederman², Kartikeya Kashyap², John Travis Wilson³, Victor Farah², Todd Franco⁴, Vinh Nguyen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5862, USA United States.
² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5862, USA.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
⁴ Department of Sports Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.

Abstract

We are reporting a case of thoracic outlet syndrome and the value of duplex in the diagnosis of this syndrome.

Keywords: cardiovascular medicine; clinical diagnostic tests; radiology and imaging.

© The Author(s) 2021.

Publication types

Case Reports