Subclavian steal syndrome. A 12-year experience
C. D. Hafner
Over a 12-year period, 43 operations were performed on 40 patients for
correction of the subclavian steal syndrome. Eleven of these patients also
underwent endarterectomy for coexisting carotid artery disease. There were
16 transthoracic procedures and 27 transcervical procedures. Graft failure
in two patients was corrected by a second operation. There was one early
death and one late death. The remaining 38 patients have been carefully
studied for up to 12 years, with an average follow-up period of 60 months.
These 38 patients have remained asymptomatic and their revascularization
procedures have remained functional, as determined by blood pressure
determinations in the involved extremity and, in some cases, by
arteriography.
