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UNEQUAL UPPER LIMB PULSES |
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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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