Fortunately, bilateral subclavian artery disease is an infrequent finding, and when it occurs, it can represent either atherosclerosis or underlying arteritis (i.e., Takayasus arteritis).

In the presence of subclavian steal the brain is deprived of the cephalad vertebral-artery flow (97 ml. per minute) in addition to the blood that is shunted retrogradely into the subclavian bed ...

To the Editor: Kent and Poterucha (May 23 issue)1 present excellent angiographic images of an aberrant right subclavian artery, which was causing intermittent dysphagia. However, it is our opinion ...