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Bull-worker syncope: congenital subclavian steal syndrome following isometric exercise
R A Perryman1, E Bayne, R H Miller
1Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida.
Pediatric Cardiology
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
A patient with congenital great artery abnormality facilitating subclavian steal is presented. Sustained isometric upper body exercise, using a "Bull-Worker," resulted in vertebrobasilar steal symptoms (subclavian steal syndrome) shortly after exercise. A mechanism for the timing of symptoms following isometric exercise is suggested.