English Explanatory Dictionary

subclavian steal syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis or occlusion of the subclavian artery.

Word forms

subclavian steal syndrome subclavian steal syndromes
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