Posts Tagged ‘Occlusion’
CFA Occlusion, Claudication and Rest Pain
62-year-old female, a heavy smoker, noticed a relatively sudden worsening of chronic right calf claudication. Ultrasound and CT angiography demonstrated occlusion of the common femoral artery. The patient is overweight with a body mass index of 35. The patient was self-employed and did not want to, nor could afford the time off work to undergo…
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62-year-old male, heavy smoker, with a long history of leg pain with walking. Lumar spine fusion was done with no improvement in symptoms. Exercise ABI’s demonstrated severe peripheral arterial disease. CT angiography showed occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta, bilateral common iliac arteries, left external iliac artery, and severe right external iliac artery disease. Recanalization…
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