Endovascular repair of symptomatic coronary-subclavian steal syndrome due to stenosis of the proximal left subclavian artery.

Autor: Tortoledo F; Instituto Médico La Floresta, Caracas, Venezuela. torto@telcel.net.ve, Sánchez A, Izaguirre L, Guerrero J, Trujillo MH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cardiology in review [Cardiol Rev] 2005 May-Jun; Vol. 13 (3), pp. 128-9.
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000148161.80868.bd
Abstrakt: We report a patient with left subclavian artery stenosis in whom the internal thoracic artery (ITA) had been used as a coronary bypass. She presented with symptomatic myocardial and brain ischemia resulting from coronary-subclavian steal syndrome and was successfully treated with angioplasty and stenting.
Databáze: MEDLINE