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My brain mri report in hypoplastic right vertebral artery? it is any danger i have sever headqe with left side chest pain also

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Dr. Robert Uyeda
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General Surgery 46 years experience
This finding: is not the cause of your headache or chest pain. There are enough collateral arteries to supply enough blood to brain, even if one vertebral artery is small.
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