UNEQUAL UPPER LIMB PULSES

giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)

Takayasu's arteritis

aortic dissection

syphilitic aortitis

thromboembolism

Buerger's disease [heavy smokers]

abnormal vessel development

Blalock shunt [for Fallot's tetralogy; anastamosis of L subclavian artery to pulmonary artery]

coarctation of aorta [with coarctation proximal to origin of L subclavian artery]

iatrogenic, eg. trauma following catheter studies

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