Coronary-Subclavian Steal Syndrome in a Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patient: A Reversible Cause of Myocardial Ischemia
Abdallah Rayyan, Daniel Bishev, Nasir Nawaz · 2026
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Description
Abdallah Rayyan and co-authors published a case report in 2026 on a heart patient whose bypass graft was being robbed of blood by a narrowed artery in his shoulder. After bypass surgery that uses a chest artery as the graft, a tight spot before that artery can reverse its flow. The graft then starves the heart it was meant to feed.
The man, aged sixty-three, had chest pain on effort and tingling in his left arm, with a weak pulse there. Scans confirmed the tight spot and the starved graft. The team chose a stent over repeat surgery or drugs alone. Placing it restored forward flow at once, and his graft filled well again.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Abdallah Rayyan, Daniel Bishev, Nasir Nawaz |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |