Purpose: Diseases of the coronary arteries represent critical cardiovascular bleakness and mortality around the world. The main focus of this study is to simulate hemodialysis patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery by the left internal mammary artery. The survey is to investigate whether subclavian-coronary steal syndrome will occur in patients with stenosis in their left subclavian. Methods: A three-dimensional model of Brachial—Radial—Ulnar tree arterial system and dialysis graft are constructed and then simulated by the implementation of fluid–structure interaction (FSI) and non-FSI models. After consent was obtained, data attributed to dialysis patients who had undergone coronary bypass surgery at the Tehran Heart Center (THD) was collected. Results: Stenosis in the subclavian artery causes the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft to lack flow that, in CABG cases, is supplying the heart muscle. With the increase of stenosis from zero to 54%, the flow results show a negative flow indicating reversed flow in the artery. Meanwhile, the comparison between flow quantity of a normal Left Anterior Descending (LAD) and LIMA in case of 38% stenosis in subclavian shows that the amount of flow reaching the heart is less than standard. The threshold stenosis in the subclavian artery for which subclavian-coronary steal phenomena occurs is simulated to be around 54%. Furthermore, investigation of the effect of flow quantity in cases of hemodialysis versus nonhemodialysis shows that the flow is lessened in case of hemodialysis. Conclusions: In hemodialysis patients with more than 38% stenosis in left subclavian, it is well advised that LIMA bypass graft is not the preferred graft choice, and at 54% of subclavian stenosis, the steal phenomenon occurs.
Treatment of an Unusual Occurrence of a Complex Left Subclavian Artery/Left Internal Mammary Artery Bifurcation Stenosis in the Setting of Coronary Subclavian Steal Syndrome and Ischemic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
