A review of subclavian steal syndrome with clinical correlation

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Osiro, Stephen ^a   Zurada, Anna ^b   Gielecki, Jerzy ^b   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^c   Shane Tubbs, R ^d   Loukas, Marios ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b Medical School Varmia and Mazuria   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Retrograde blood flow; Subclavian artery stenosis; Subclavian steal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARM WEAKNESS; ATAXIA; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STENT; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SUBCLAVIAN TO CAROTID ARTERY TRANSPOSITION; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

EID: 84860652335     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882721     Document Type: Review

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