Subclavian Steal Syndrome - Signs and Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms

  • Presyncope (sensation that one is about to faint)
  • Syncope (fainting)
  • Neurologic deficits
  • Blood pressure differential between the arms
  • severe memory problems
  • hands showing circulation problems (hands can have blotchy patches of red and white) (associated with other stigma to vascular disease (e.g. vascular insufficiency ulcers of the foot).

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