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Materials and methods: We reviewed the medical records of 2192 consecutive cases of acute ischemic stroke at a tertiary neurology clinic in Targu Mures, Romania, between 2018 and 2020. In total, 47 patients (2.2%) were diagnosed with subclavian steal phenomenon\/syndrome. Results: Stroke patients with associated steal phenomenon were significantly younger (64.2 \u00b1 11.1 versus 70.2 \u00b1 12.8, p = 0.005) and predominantly male (68.1%). From among the 47 patients with subclavian steal phenomenon, nine (19.1%) presented stroke symptomatology in the vertebrobasilar territory. Overall, 83.3% of the stroke patients with associated steal phenomenon presented cerebral infarction and 16.7% presented TIA. There was no difference between groups regarding the affected vascular territory (VB versus carotid). Large artery atherosclerosis was more frequent in the stroke group with associated steal phenomenon (81.3% versus 43.5%, p = 0.0033). The NIHSS score at admission was higher in the patient group with associated steal phenomenon, but there was no difference in mRS at discharge. Associated carotid artery occlusion was more frequent in the stroke group with steal phenomenon (p &lt; 0.01). Smoking and peripheral arteriopathy were more frequent in the patient group with associated steal phenomenon. Of the nine symptomatic patients, five underwent revascularization treatment. Conclusions: The prevalence of subclavian steal phenomenon among acute ischemic stroke patients was not higher than in other cohorts with heterogenous peripheral vascular pathologies. Similar to the general population, in acute ischemic stroke patients, the associated subclavian steal behaved like a benign hemodynamical condition, without severe consequences.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm10225237","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,11]],"date-time":"2021-11-11T23:02:41Z","timestamp":1636671761000},"page":"5237","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Subclavian Steal Phenomenon\/Syndrome in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Zoltan","family":"Bajko","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"},{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anca","family":"Motataianu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"},{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6862-4926","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adina","family":"Stoian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Pathophysiology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Barcutean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"},{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8055-1739","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebastian","family":"Andone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Smaranda","family":"Maier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"},{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iulia-Adela","family":"Dr\u0103ghici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrada","family":"Cioban","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rodica","family":"Balasa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"},{"name":"First Neurology Clinic, Mures County Clinical Emergency Hospital, 540136 Targu Mures, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.me.26.020175.001541","article-title":"The steal syndromes","volume":"26","author":"Toole","year":"1975","journal-title":"Annu. 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