If the mean pressure at b drops below that at c the flow will reverse and move toward b and into the subclavian artery. In the dog a fall in pressure of 33/21 mm. of mercury at the proximal end of ...

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 si ...

Digital subtraction angiography with early and late phase demonstrating (A) left subclavian artery occlusion with (B) retrograde vertebral filling of proximal subclavian artery. Comments 3090D553 ...

Subclavian steal syndrome affects the artery that supplies blood to the neck and head or the arteries that supply blood to the arms. Because of this, people may experience symptoms in these areas.

Hearing this, Blalock and Thomas remembered their experiments in dogs with pulmonary hypertension. Connecting the right subclavian artery to the right pulmonary artery, ...

Subclavian steal syndrome is a circulation issue. It occurs when blood flow reverses in an artery. Read about symptoms, causes, treatment, and more.

In total, 202 patients who received the self-expanding CoreValve device (Medtronic) were treated via subclavian access and propensity-matched with 202 patients treated with the transfemoral approach.

Oxygenated blood enters the shoulder area through the subclavian artery below the collarbone. This same vessel evolves into the axillary artery in the armpit region. Its branches serve the outer ...