Double Steal Phenomenon: Emergency Department Management of Recurrent Transient Ischemic Attack

• Published in: Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 144 - 148
• Main Authors: Rawal, Amit R, Bufano, Collin, Saeed, Omar, Khan, Asif A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of California Digital Library - eScholarship 01.05.2019; University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine; eScholarship Publishing, University of California
• Subjects: Ataxia; Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Case Report; Clinical medicine; Emergency medical care; Hypertension; Medical imaging; Medicine; Patients

Double steal phenomenon is a rare condition where occlusion of the innominate (brachiocephalic) artery leads to hemodynamic changes in which blood flow is shunted from the intracranial circulation down the right vertebral artery and subsequently up the right carotid and subclavian circulation. This...