title: Bilateral subclavian steal syndrome: treatment with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement.
abstract: A 66-year-old man presented with bilateral subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) due to proximal subclavian artery occlusions. He was treated by percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA) and stent implantation in the left subclavian artery and by PTA alone in the right subclavian artery. We could demonstrate that interventional treatment of symptomatic bilateral SSS is possible. If PTA alone is insufficient, stent implantation should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Teaching Hospital Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mathias
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kempkes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*