There are a paucity of data in the literature regarding the natural history in patients with subclavian artery occlusive disease. The left subclavian artery is more frequently involved than the ...

In every case obstruction occurred only in the left subclavian or innominate artery and resulted solely in upper-extremity signs and symptoms. Four cases are reported. All have apparently been ...

Angiography (Fig. 5) revealed marked stenosis of the left subclavian artery proximal to the origin of the left vertebral artery, which was of good caliber and supplied collateral flow to the right ...

Surgery is required to repair the defect in most individuals. The Blalock-Taussig shunt (subclavian artery surgically attached to pulmonary artery) was initially used in 1945. Currently ...