Subclavian steal syndrome without subclavian stenosis

Matt Cwinn, MD; Sudhir Nagpal, MD; Prasad Jetty, MD

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.02.009

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Sep 2017)

Subclavian steal syndrome without subclavian stenosis

Matt Cwinn, MD,
Sudhir Nagpal, MD,
Prasad Jetty, MD

Affiliations

Matt Cwinn, MD: Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sudhir Nagpal, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Prasad Jetty, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.02.009
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 129 – 131

Abstract

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Subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) has been well described in the setting of subclavian stenosis. We describe an unusual case of SSS caused by a high-flow arteriovenous dialysis fistula in the absence of subclavian stenosis, provide a review of the literature, and propose that arteriovenous fistula-induced SSS is an underdiagnosed cause of syncope in this population of patients.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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