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Coronary‐subclavian steal syndrome, an easily overlooked entity in interventional cardiology
Author(s) -
De Roeck Frederic,
Tijskens Maxime,
Segers Vincent F. M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28362
Subject(s) - medicine , subclavian artery , cardiology , bypass grafting , presentation (obstetrics) , stenosis , artery , complication , coronary anatomy , interventional cardiology , surgery , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Coronary‐subclavian steal syndrome (CSSS) is a severe complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with internal mammary artery grafting. It is caused by functional graft failure due to a hemodynamically significant proximal subclavian artery stenosis. In this manuscript, we provide a comprehensive review of literature and we report a series of five consecutive CSSS cases. This case series illustrates the variable clinical presentation, thereby emphasizing the importance of raised awareness concerning this pathology in CABG patients.