The first evaluation for subclavian artery occlusive disease should always be a simple measurement of bilateral brachial artery blood pressures. A significant difference between the two extremities is ...

Aberrant subclavian artery anomalies represent the most common congenital variant of the aortic arch, often manifesting as an unusual origin or course of the subclavian artery. Such anomalies may be ...

WE have recently studied 2 patients with symptoms of cerebral ischemia in whom a reversal of blood flow through the left vertebral artery was demonstrated. In both cases the anatomic lesion producing ...

Subclavian steal syndrome occurs when blood flow reverses in one of the arteries supplying blood to the neck, head, and arms. The condition is usually caused by a narrowing in one of the arteries and ...

A 75-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital because of persistent left-sided thoracic pain with projection to the left arm. [18] After exclusion of acute myocardial infarction or ...

CEREBROVASCULAR disease ranked third, after heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death in the United States in 1959. Almost 37,000 of these deaths occurred in persons between thirty-eight and sixty ...

Subclavian steal syndrome is characterized by abnormal blood flow in the arteries. The condition has many potential causes, some of which can be serious without proper treatment. Subclavian steal ...

The SAVES method is an effective and safe approach for ultrasound-guided infraclavicular axillary/subclavian vein cannulation. Cannulation is a procedure of inserting a flexible tube (catheter) into ...

The subclavian artery carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the upper body. The left subclavian artery branches off from the aortic arch, while the right branches from the brachiocephalic trunk.