Why is someone’s blood pressure still different in both arms?

       Mr. Yao is 82 years old and has been feeling dizzy for the past 2 years. He went to the medical office to measure his blood pressure and found that it was only 60/40 mmHg. What’s going on here? After careful examination, it turned out that Yao was suffering from subclavian artery steal syndrome! The blood pressure of the left upper limb was low, while the right upper limb was basically normal. Because of the proximal stenosis of the subclavian artery, the blood pressure of the affected upper limb is low, and the pulsation of the radial artery is poor or cannot be felt.  For further treatment, Yao was admitted to the Department of Vascular Surgery. The traditional treatment of subclavian artery steal syndrome requires surgery under general anesthesia, and Mr. Yao is over 80 years old and can hardly bear the surgical trauma. The blood pressure of the left upper limb immediately returned to normal, and the left radial artery was strong. Now, Yao’s head is no longer dizzy and his left arm is strong, and he was happily discharged from the hospital.  In recent years, the Department of Vascular Surgery of Chaoyang Hospital has been vigorously carrying out minimally invasive endovascular surgery, performing arterioplasty for subclavian artery stenosis and occlusion, carotid artery stenosis, and lower limb artery stenosis, completing nearly 100 cases each year, and has hosted the “Carotid Vascular Surgery Symposium” and the “National Academic Symposium on Endovascular Surgery”, introducing its achievements. He has hosted the “Carotid Vascular Surgery Symposium” and the “National Academic Symposium on Endoluminal Vascular Surgery” to introduce his performance and received praise from his peers.