absent radial pulse

Last reviewed 01/2018

Radial pulse may be absent in:

• situations where there has been a surgical procedure, for example in Blalock Taussig shunting, where one of the radial pulses may be absent.
• congential absence of one of the pulses; for example in Holt-Oram syndrome - in association with absent radius
• embolization
• cervical rib