What is it about?
Subclavian steal syndrome is a constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis (narrowing) and/or occlusion of the subclavian artery.
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Why is it important?
Subclavian steal syndrome is a consequence of a redundancy in the circulation of the brain and the flow of blood, having the following signs and symptoms: Presyncope (sensation that one is about to faint) Syncope (fainting) Neurologic deficits Blood pressure differential between the arms Severe memory problems Hands showing circulation problems (hands can have blotchy patches of red and white) (associated with other stigmata of vascular disease (e.g. vascular insufficiency ulcers of the fingers).
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This page is a summary of: Subclavian Steal Syndrome – A Computer Model Approach, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_193.
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