title: Treatment of subclavian steal syndrome with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting: case report.
abstract: 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 subclavian artery. The patient was submitted to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting on the left SA. The procedure was well tolerated and immediately afterwards, there was complete remission of the symptoms and of the phenomenon of subclavian steal evaluated by angiography and transcranial doppler. We propose that percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting placement is a good therapeutic option for subclavian steal syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Division, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fregni
authors.forename: Luiz Eduardo Coutinho
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Castelo-Branco
authors.forename: Adriana Bastos
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Conforto
authors.forename: Fabio Iuji
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Cynthia Resende
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puglia
authors.forename: José Guilherme Mendes Pereira
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.forename: Milberto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scaff
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*