Unusual clinical signs in left subclavian artery occlusion: clinical and angiographic correlation.
A case of left subclavian steal syndrome with transient ischemic attacks of left carotid artery distribution is presented. An attempt to explain this uncommon symptomatology is based on a rare patent cervical arterial network, stealing blood from the left common carotid artery and supplying the distal portion of the obstructed left subclavian artery.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed