Treatment of subclavian steal syndrome with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting: case report

Treatment of subclavian steal syndrome with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting: case report

Subclavian steal syndrome refers to the association of neurological symptoms related to vertebrobasilar insufficiency and the phenomenon of subclavian steal. We report the case of a 63 year-old male patient that presented subclavian steal syndrome and severe proximal (80%) stenosis of the left subcl...

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Main Authors: Felipe Fregni, Luiz Eduardo Coutinho Castelo-Branco, Adriana Bastos Conforto, Fabio Iuji Yamamoto, Cynthia Resende Campos, Paulo Puglia Jr., José Guilherme Mendes Pereira Caldas, Milberto Scaff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
subclavian steal syndrome
subclavian artery stenosis
peripheral arterial stents
stents in brachiocephalic arteries
primary stent deployment
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