Subclavian Steal Syndrome (SSS) is a condition that arises when there is a significant blockage or stenosis in the subclavian artery, which can lead to reversed blood flow in the vertebral artery.

There are a paucity of data in the literature regarding the natural history in patients with subclavian artery occlusive disease. The left subclavian artery is more frequently involved than the ...

In the case of subclavian artery stenosis, each lesion should be crossed gently, in a nontraumatic fashion. Both the right and left subclavian arteries are accessed in a similar fashion ...

This occurs as the body’s way of protecting against injury from coronary artery disease, stroke, or peripheral artery disease (such as atherosclerosis, which is a buildup of plaque, causing stenosis, ...

Access was achieved via the right femoral artery, and a guide catheter was parked in the left subclavian artery just proximal to the left VA ostium. The left VA was selected with an intermediate ...

4 In these situations, it is not possible to effectively treat the stenosis without some of the stent graft protruding into the axillary vein. There are concerns that stent protrusion can lead to ...

We report aortic stenosis as present if the peak velocity over the aortic ... They had been operated on by several techniques: resection and end to end anastomosis (91), subclavian flap (14), and ...

Two cases are presented of basilar artery insufficiency with reversal of flow in the left vertebral artery secondary to obstruction of the subclavian artery at its origin. The symptoms have been ...

With valve stenosis, the heart valve can become scarred and calcified, which causes narrowing of the valve. Stenosis happens most often in the aortic valve, but can occur in any of the heart’s four ...

Most of the time, it occurs distal to the left subclavian artery. It consists of a range of arch abnormalities from a discrete narrowing to a long segment arch hypoplasia. It accounts for 4%–6% of all ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...