Surgical treatment of coronary subclavian steal syndrome.
The internal mammary artery is the conduit of choice for cardiac revascularization. Atherosclerotic disease of the coronary arteries may simultaneously involve the subclavian artery. Proximal stenosis in the left subclavian artery may result in recurrent myocardial ischemia in patients with a patent left internal mammary artery (LIMA), due to coronary steal syndrome through the LIMA.
Argiriou
Mihalis
M
Cardiac Surgery Department, "Evangelismos" General Hospital, Athens, Greece. mihalisargiriou@ath.forthnet.gr
Fillias
Vassilios
V
Exarhos
Dimitrios
D
Panagiotakopoulos
Victor
V
Kouerinis
Ilias
I
Zisis
Charalambos
C
Dimakopoulou
Antonia
A
Bellenis
Ion
I
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D015607:Stents; D013349:Subclavian Steal Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors