BACKGROUND Epidemiology data for lower-extremity arterial thromboembolism (LET) are limited and may result from either acute limb ischemia or an acute exacerbation of critical limb ischemia. Given marked changes in both diagnosis and therapy over the last 2 decades, we hypothesized that this time period would have witnessed reductions in both the incidence and in-hospital mortality of LET. ME...

Background: Acute limb ischemia (ALI) is a sudden decrease in leg perfusion that threatens the viability of with symptom onset within 2 weeks. In peripheral artery disease (PAD) conditions, occlusion blood vessels can occur due to thrombosis or atherosclerotic plaque embolism, which called "acute on chronic ischemia". The development endovascular therapy has made this an important role restorin...

Vasospastic limb ischemia might have been underappreciated compared to vasospasm in other territories such as heart and brain. However, an increasing awareness of this vascular disorder can be translated to an improved patients' care. Herein, we report a case of vasospasm presenting acute and chronic limb ischemia in four extremities.

Advances in endovascular therapies during the past decade have broadened the options for treating peripheral vascular disease percutaneously. Endovascular treatment offers a lower risk alternative to open surgery in many patients with multiple comorbidities. Noninvasive physiological tests and arterial imaging precede an endovascular intervention and help localize the disease and plan the proce...

Cardiac hydatid cysts are rarely seen. The presentation of an acute lower limb ischemia secondary to embolization from an interventricular hydatic cyst is also rare. We describe a case of a 30-year-old-man who presented with acute lower limb ischemia revealing hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum and septal defect, and who was operated on successfully.

Abstract Acute upper limb ischemia accounts for less than 5% of all cases ischemia. The etiology in young individuals are usually traumatic. Other non-traumatic causes rarely seen and here we present two such young, presenting with acute choice between a surgical or minimally invasive endovascular approach remains unclear. Endovascular to management, although based on expertise, offers good pos...

ACUTE limb ischemia is any sudden decrease or worsening in limb perfusion that causes a potential threat to limb viability (1). Acute peripheral arterial occlusion may be caused by in situ thrombosis or embolus. In this article, the term “thrombus” will be used to describe arterial occlusion caused by in situ thrombosis or embolus. Percutaneous or “open” surgical techniques can be used to remov...

Failure of a vascular closure device most commonly results in a hemorrhage or pseudoaneurysm formation. In this paper a rare case of severe acute limb ischemia following incorrect deployment of a clip-based closure device (Starclose SE, Abbott Vascular) in a 31-year-old woman is presented. Symptoms of acute limb ischemia occurred at the start of the ambulation, 6 h after completion of the proce...