“Can you explain subclavian steal syndrome?” #mehlman_medical #usmle #usmlestep1 #usmlestep2 #medicalschool | Mehlman Medical

The vertebral artery can be hard to find — let’s see how it can be done. In part 2 we can evaluate for a subclavian steal syndrome 🫀& not to forget — a happy new year 2026 🎉 . #heartnlungs #echocardiography #carotid #carotidultrasound #ultrasound #subclavian #subclavianartery #vertebralartery #subclavianstealsyndrome #vessel #vesselultrasound #vascular #vascularultrasound #vertebral #diagnostics #sonographer #medicalimaging #sonography #syncope | heart_n_lungs

Here are some useful tips on how to asses the subclavian steal syndrome with ultrasound 👇🔍 👉 Be aware of the typical symptoms of the subclavian steal syndrom. This will raise your suspicion! 👉 It is important to check direction of flow of the VA (Color Doppler spectral Doppler) in every patient. 👉 The absence of flow reversal does not fully exclude a subcalvian steal syndrome. Patients in stage I and II might have incomplete flow reversal. Therefore you should also look at the shape of the