Steal syndrome

Steal syndrome

Steal syndrome can refer to:
*vascular access steal syndrome, which is a problem related to a surgically created vascular access for hemodialysis
*subclavian steal syndrome, which is often associated with syncope and typically due to atherosclerosis, or
*Cardiac steal syndrome.


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  • Subclavian steal syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 31525 ICD10 = ICD10|G|45|8|g|40 ICD9 = ICD9|435.2 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D013349 In medicine, subclavian steal syndrome (SSS), also subclavian… …   Wikipedia

  • Vascular access steal syndrome — In nephrology, vascular access steal syndrome, also known less precisely as steal syndrome, refers to vascular insufficiency resulting from a poorly constructed arteriovenous fistula (Cimino fistula, or synthetic vascular graft AV fistula).… …   Wikipedia

  • Cardiac steal syndrome — is a phenomenon caused when there is narrowing of the coronary arteries and an arteriolar vasodilator is used stealing blood away from those parts of the heart. This happens as a result of the narrowed coronary arteries being always maximally… …   Wikipedia

  • subclavian steal syndrome — a syndrome produced by proximal narrowing of the subclavian artery. There are no symptoms at rest, but when the affected arm is exercised blood is diverted to the arm down the main subclavian artery, away from smaller branches that arise just… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • subclavian steal syndrome — cerebral or brainstem ischemia resulting from vertebrobasilar insufficiency in cases of subclavian steal …   Medical dictionary

  • Синдром Подключичного Сброса (Subclavian Steal Syndrome) — церебро васкулярная недостаточность, возникающая в результате отвода крови из позвоночной артерии в подключичную артерию при проксимальной блокаде последней. Это приводит к возникновению приступов, характеризующихся внезапной потерей сознания… …   Медицинские термины

  • subclavian steal syndrome — diversion of blood from the vertebral artery to the subclavian artery when the latter is blocked proximally. It causes attacks of diminished consciousness (syncope) …   Medical dictionary

  • syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

  • steal — Diversion of blood via alternate routes or reversed flow, from one vascular bed to another, often causing symptoms in the organ from which blood flow has been diverted. [M.E. stelen, fr. A.S. stelan] coronary s. a s. caused by anomalous origin of …   Medical dictionary

  • Coronary steal — (with its symptoms termed cardiac steal syndrome) is a phenomenon where an alteration of circulation patterns lead to a reduction in the blood directed to the coronary circulation.[1] It is caused when there is narrowing of the coronary arteries… …   Wikipedia

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