Patients with subclavian steal syndrome present with symptoms of vertebrobasilar ischemia. Although a n g b graphy has traditionally been used to confirm the diagnosis of subclavian steal and plan reconstrudve surgery in symptomatic patients, duplex ultrasonography now offers rapid diagnosis and als
Subclavian steal and “redistribution of wealth”
✍ Scribed by Mark C. Bates
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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## Abstract ## **__Purpose:__** Increased blood flow velocity in the contralateral vertebral artery (VA) is a common finding in subclavian steal syndrome, but its clinical relevance is not known. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the degree of velocity increase in the contralateral