OBJECTIVE Acute common iliac artery occlusion which results from blunt abdominal trauma is rare and potentially leads to a late diagnosis. METHODS We report a case of a 58-year-old patient who suffered a late diagnosed acute left common iliac artery occlusion secondary to abdominal trauma. An emergency exploratory laparotomy was performed to stop intra-abdominal bleeding, while his left limb ...

Cardiac tumors are an unusual cause of acute limb ischemia. Myxomas are the most frequent benign tumors and most are symptomatic. Embolization occurs in 30% to 40% of patients with myxomas, with cerebral arteries being the most common destination. We present the case of a 73-year-old woman with a history of hypertension who came to the emergency department due to pain and sudden onset of coldne...

Persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a very rare congenital vascular anomaly, occurs in 0.025% to 0.04% of the population, and occasionally associated with thromboembolic events or aneurismal diseases. We herein share experience diagnosis successful treatment Vietnamese patient PSA complicated distal thromboembolism. A 70-year-old woman was admitted hospital for acute lower limb ischemia. compute...

background: arterial occlusions are divided as acute and chronic. emboli is the most common cause of acute arterial occlusion, which is treated by perforating embolectomy using  fogarty catheter. some of these cases that are not diagnosed in early phase of the disease (within the first month) , should be treated using open surgical techniques , since embolectomy via fogarty catheter is not effe...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Acute renal failure is a severe complication of lower extremity major arterial reconstructions, which could even be fatal. Levosimendan is a dual-acting positive inotropic and vasodilatory agent, which is suspected to have protective effects against cardiac ischemia. However, there is no data available on lower limb or remote organ ischemic injuries therefore the aim of the ...

ALI = acute limb ischemia, APSAC = antistreplase, MTD = mechanical thromboembolectomy device, PAT = percutaneous aspiration thromboembolectomy, pro-UK = prourokinase, RPA = reteplase, r-UK = recombinant urokinase, SK = streptokinase, STILE = Surgery versus Thrombolysis for Ischemia of the Lower Extremity [study], tPA = tissue plasminogen activator, TOPAS = Thrombolysis or Peripheral Arterial Su...

BACKGROUND Upper limb ischemia is less common than lower limb ischemia, and relatively few cases have been reported. This paper reviews the epidemiology, etiology, and clinical characteristics of upper limb ischemia and analyzes the factors affecting functional sequelae after treatment. METHODS The records of 35 patients with acute and chronic upper limb ischemia who underwent treatment from ...

Introduction: During hemorrhagic shock (HS), the kidneys are one of the primary target organs involved. Oxidative stress is shown to be enhanced in different models of acute kidney injury (AKI). Remote ischemic preconditioning (RPC) by brief limb ischemia is considered to be a safe method to protect different organs from further damage. In this study, we investigated the effects of brief hind l...

OBJECTIVE CTX0E03 (CTX) is a clinical-grade human neural stem cell (hNSC) line that promotes angiogenesis and neurogenesis in a preclinical model of stroke and is now under clinical development for stroke disability. We evaluated the therapeutic activity of intramuscular CTX hNSC implantation in murine models of hindlimb ischemia for potential translation to clinical studies in critical limb is...