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Steal Syndrome A symptom complex that occurs whenever there are extensive anastomoses between 2 vascular beds, and the arterial supply to one of the beds is stenosed or occluded, resulting in diversion of blood to the other vascular bed
steal syndrome Steal, vascular steal syndrome Any Sx complex seen when there are extensive anastomoses between 2 vascular beds, and the arterial supply to one is stenosed or occluded, resulting in diversion of blood to the other vascular bed.
See Coronary steal, Reverse cerebral steal. Cf 'Robin hood' syndrome. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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