| Successful Revascularization in a Case
of Subclavian Steal Syndrome |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Hiroshima City Asa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan)
| Masamichi Ozawa |
Naomichi Uchida |
Hidenori Shibamura |
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We successfully treated a case of
extra-anatomical revascularization using an extrathoracic approach
for what is called subclavian steal syndrome, and we describe the
operative method. A 65-year-old man with dizziness was examined
by digital subtraction assessment and given a diagnosis of subclavian
steal syndrome by occlusion of left subclavian artery. He was
relatively young for his age with good general condition, and
no lesion were detected in aortic arch branches and cerebral
arteries except for left subclavian artery. Therefore we performed
left common carotid artery-subclavian artery bypass using a
prosthetic graft. The preoperative symptoms and difference in
blood pressure among arteries of the upper limbs disappeared,
and he was discharged 15 days after surgery.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 34: 229-232 (2005) |
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