Answers: Subclavian steal syndrome occurs when in attendance is a blocked shoulder artery. Since this artery feeds both the brain (vertebral artery) and the arm within parallel vigorous use of the arm will tend to steal blood from the brain cause neurological symptoms. In coronary bypass a similar phenomenon may occur if the coronary artery graft is the internal mammary artery which also is feed by the blocked sublcavian artery. Here blood may be stolen by the arm from the heart.
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