Biomaterial Database

Atheromatous embolism: an unusual case of acute lower extremity ischemia. 1995

J L Zautcke, and D A Propp, and D Cooke

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, USA.

A case is presented of lower extremity ischemia related to atheromatous embolization that presumably occurred as a result of passage of an angiographic catheter through the aorta. The patient presented with signs and symptoms pathognomonic for this entity. Emergency physicians need to be aware of this unusual etiology for an ischemic lower extremity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007511	Ischemia	A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION.	Ischemias
D008297	Male		Males
D005734	Gangrene	Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply.	Gangrenes
D006328	Cardiac Catheterization	Procedures in which placement of CARDIAC CATHETERS is performed for therapeutic or diagnostic procedures.	Catheterization, Cardiac,Catheterization, Heart,Heart Catheterization,Cardiac Catheterizations,Catheterizations, Cardiac,Catheterizations, Heart,Heart Catheterizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000671	Amputation, Surgical	The surgical removal of part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body.	Amputation,Amputation, Multiple, Surgical,Multiple Amputation, Surgical,Surgical Amputation Procedures,Amputation Procedure, Surgical,Amputation Procedures, Surgical,Amputation, Surgical Multiple,Amputations,Amputations, Surgical,Amputations, Surgical Multiple,Multiple Amputations, Surgical,Procedure, Surgical Amputation,Procedures, Surgical Amputation,Surgical Amputation,Surgical Amputation Procedure,Surgical Amputations,Surgical Multiple Amputation,Surgical Multiple Amputations
D014034	Toes	Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT.	Toe
D017700	Embolism, Cholesterol	Blocking of a blood vessel by CHOLESTEROL-rich atheromatous deposits, generally occurring in the flow from a large artery to small arterial branches. It is also called arterial-arterial embolization or atheroembolism which may be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Patients with spontaneous atheroembolism often have painful, cyanotic digits of acute onset.	Atheroembolism,Cholesterol Embolism,Atheroembolisms,Cholesterol Embolisms,Embolisms, Cholesterol