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