Subclavian steal syndrome

Definition

Retrograde blood flow in the vertebral artery in the setting of ipsilateral proximal subclavian artery stenosis or occlusion leading to symptoms of basilar insufficiency.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain specified cerebrovascular diseases

• 8B22.0Dissection of cerebral arteries
• 8B22.1Cerebral venous thrombosis
• 8B22.2Cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes
• 8B22.3Isolated cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• 8B22.4Intracranial vascular malformation
• 8B22.5Cerebral aneurysm, nonruptured
• 8B22.6Familial cerebral saccular aneurysm
• 8B22.7Cerebral arteritis, not elsewhere classified