Upper-Extremity Emboli Secondary to Axillofemoral Graft Thrombosis
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 116 (4) , 393-395
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380160013003
Abstract
• Four episodes of upper-extremity arterial emboli following axillofemoral bypass graft thrombosis are described. The source of the embolus was the blind stump of the proximal portion of the graft limb that remained patent after graft occlusion. With axillofemoral graft thrombosis, management requires treatment of the lower-limb ischemia and an awareness of the embolic potential of the acutely thrombotic graft limb. Patient evaluation and the surgical management of axillofemoral graft thrombosis with and without the complication of upper-extremity ischemia are discussed, as well as the etiology and prevention of this complication. (Arch Surg 1981;116:393-395)This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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