Subclavian Steal Syndrome Treated by Endovascular Approach in the Interventional Neurology Clinic

Vedat Ali Yürekli; Süleyman Kutluhan; Erdem Gürkaş; Gürdal Orhan

doi:10.4274/Tnd.60590

Vedat Ali Yürekli¹, Süleyman Kutluhan¹, Erdem Gürkaş², Gürdal Orhan²

¹Department Of Neurology,süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
²Ankara Department Of Neurology, Numune Education And Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Keywords: Subclavian steal syndrome, endovascular treatment

Abstract

Subclavian steal syndrome is a clinical feature displayed due to decrease or reverse of blood flow in the ipsilateral vertebral artery resulting from severe stenosis

or occlusion of the proximal subclavian artery. Subclavian steal syndrome was first described and defined by angiography. The best treatment of subclavian steal

syndrome is still controversial, although balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures have been generally accepted during the past decade. We report a case of

subclavian steal syndrome successfully treated by stenting of the left subclavian artery in our interventional neurology clinic. (Turkish Journal of Neurology 2013;

19: 66-8)