Síndrome do Roubo da Subclávia e Síndrome do Roubo coronário-subclávio : um resgate na literatura

Abstract

he syndrome of coronary-subclavian steal is defined as the reversed blood fl ow in a coronary artery by means of a grafting of the left internal mammary artery tow ard the middle-distal subclavian, and occurs due to severe stenosis or total occlusion of th e proximal portion of the latter. It is a disease with significant morbidity with po ssible complications such as thrombosis, anoxia and death. The objective of this study was to perform a literature review of the coronary-subclavian steal syndrome. a bibliographic review was carried out through the databases SciELO, Pubmed, Birem e and Google Scholar. The symptoms, medical history and especially the pulse and pressure difference between arms makes us think of the subclavian steal syndrome .