ACUTE ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS OF THE LOWER-EXTREMITIES DUE TO PROLONGED INTESTINAL-OBSTRUCTION

Authors
KARAMANAKOS P MALTEZOS CH KLONARIS CH BASTOUNIS E
Citation
P. Karamanakos et al., ACUTE ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS OF THE LOWER-EXTREMITIES DUE TO PROLONGED INTESTINAL-OBSTRUCTION, International angiology, 15(3), 1996, pp. 261-262
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
International angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03929590
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
261 - 262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-9590(1996)15:3<261:AATOTL>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A case of a female patient who was admitted urgently with intestinal o bstruction, peripheral shock, hypovolemia and acute ischemia of the lo wer extremities is presented. The ischemia of the lower extremities ha d developed due to low cardiac output following extensive dehydration caused by a prolonged intestinal obstruction from a cholelith. Althoug h this pathogenetic mechanism of acute ischemia of the lower extremiti es is well known, this characteristic case is, nevertheless, presented to alert the clinician of this situation.