INTIMAL PROLIFERATION FOLLOWING FOGARTY M ANEUVER FOR BILATERAL POPLITEAL ARTERIAL EMBOLISM CAUSED BY MITRAL-VALVE-STENOSIS

Although embolectomy by Fogarty's manoeuvre is the therapy of choice f or cardioarterial and arterioarterial embolism it might be followed by complications. Our patient showed progressive arterial occlusive dise ase caused by intimal proliferation. So the decision whether embolecto my or a different therapeutic procedure should be applied must always be done individually. Especially with young femal patients the interve ntion is to be carried ou carefully. Alternative methods like percutan eous aspiration embolectomy and fibrinolytic therapy should always be considered.