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Three-dimensional reconstructed 64-slice CT angiogram (i) and coronal maximum intensity pixel reconstruction (ii) of the aortic arch and its branches. (a) Right carotid artery; (b) right vertebral artery; (c) right inferior thyroid artery; (d) right transverse cervical artery; (e) right suprascapular artery; (f) right internal thoracic artery; (g) common stump branching into (e) and (f); (h) thyrocervical trunk; (i) left carotid artery; (j) left vertebral artery; (k) left inferior thyroid artery; (l) left transverse cervical artery; (m) left suprascapular artery; (n) left internal thoracic artery; (o) common trunk branching into (l), (m) and (n).
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Hence, a 64-slice CT angiogram with three-dimensional reconstruction and coronal and axial maximum intensity pixel (MIP) reconstruction was performed, which showed a variant origin of the branches of the left and right SCA (Figure 1 and Supplementary figure).