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Subclavian steal syndrome. Part 2: Intraoperative vertebral artery blood flow measurement. 1979

G L Bohmfalk, and J L Story, and W E Brown, and A E Marlin

Intraoperative vertebral artery blood flow was measured in two patients with symptomatic subclavian steal syndrome, before and after proximal end-to-side vertebral to common carotid artery transposition. This confirmed retrograde flow in the vertebral artery before transposition, and antegrade flow after transposition. The measured flow rates were compared to values in other series involving different operative procedures for correction of symptomatic subclavian steal. The greatest mean antegrade flow rates in the vertebral artery were restored by proximal end-to-side vertebral to common carotid artery transposition.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007430	Intraoperative Care	Patient care procedures performed during the operation that are ancillary to the actual surgery. It includes monitoring, fluid therapy, medication, transfusion, anesthesia, radiography, and laboratory tests.	Care, Intraoperative
D003097	Collateral Circulation	Maintenance of blood flow to an organ despite obstruction of a principal vessel. Blood flow is maintained through small vessels.	Blood Circulation, Collateral,Circulation, Collateral,Collateral Blood Circulation,Collateral Circulation, Blood,Blood Collateral Circulation,Circulation, Blood Collateral,Circulation, Collateral Blood,Collateral Blood Circulations,Collateral Circulations,Collateral Circulations, Blood
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013349	Subclavian Steal Syndrome	A clinically significant reduction in blood supply to the BRAIN STEM and CEREBELLUM (i.e., VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY) resulting from reversal of blood flow through the VERTEBRAL ARTERY from occlusion or stenosis of the proximal subclavian or brachiocephalic artery. Common symptoms include VERTIGO; SYNCOPE; and INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION of the involved upper extremity. Subclavian steal may also occur in asymptomatic individuals. (From J Cardiovasc Surg 1994;35(1):11-4; Acta Neurol Scand 1994;90(3):174-8)	Basilar Steal Syndrome,Brachial-Basilar Insufficiency Syndrome,Subclavian Artery Stenosis,Subclavian Steal,Subclavian Steal Phenomenon,Subclavian-Carotid Artery Steal Syndrome,Artery Stenoses, Subclavian,Artery Stenosis, Subclavian,Basilar Steal Syndromes,Brachial Basilar Insufficiency Syndrome,Brachial-Basilar Insufficiency Syndromes,Insufficiency Syndrome, Brachial-Basilar,Insufficiency Syndromes, Brachial-Basilar,Phenomenon, Subclavian Steal,Steal Phenomenon, Subclavian,Steal Syndrome, Basilar,Steal Syndrome, Subclavian,Steal Syndromes, Basilar,Steal Syndromes, Subclavian,Steal, Subclavian,Stenoses, Subclavian Artery,Stenosis, Subclavian Artery,Subclavian Artery Stenoses,Subclavian Carotid Artery Steal Syndrome,Subclavian Steal Syndromes,Syndrome, Brachial-Basilar Insufficiency,Syndromes, Brachial-Basilar Insufficiency
D014711	Vertebral Artery	The first branch of the SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY with distribution to muscles of the NECK; VERTEBRAE; SPINAL CORD; CEREBELLUM; and interior of the CEREBRUM.	Vertebral Arteries,Arteries, Vertebral,Artery, Vertebral