Subclavian steal effect

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Transient ischemic attacks

Patient Data

Age: 80 years
Gender: Female
mri

High grade left proximal subclavian artery stenosis with signal loss of the left VA on time-of-flight images due to flow reversal.

Case Discussion

The normal antegrade flow signal of the left VA is missing in the 3D TOF images. On time-resolved 3D CE-MRA, the vessel shows delayed, retrograde contrast filling.

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