Acute Limb Ischemia

Bhaskar Purushottam; Karthik Gujja; Adrian Zalewski; Prakash Krishnan

doi:10.1016/j.iccl.2014.07.004

Acute Limb Ischemia

Interv Cardiol Clin. 2014 Oct;3(4):557-572. doi: 10.1016/j.iccl.2014.07.004. Epub 2014 Oct 2.

Authors

Bhaskar Purushottam¹, Karthik Gujja¹, Adrian Zalewski¹, Prakash Krishnan²

Affiliations

¹ Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy L. Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
² Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy L. Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: prakash.krishnan@mountsinai.org.

PMID: 28582080
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2014.07.004

Abstract

Acute limb ischemia is a vascular event presenting with sudden decrease in limb perfusion (of <14 days' duration) that threatens limb viability. Acute thrombosis of the native artery or graft makes up the bulk of etiopathogenesis. Prompt revascularization is the cornerstone of management of acute limb ischemia in limbs that have not undergone irreversible tissue and nerve damage. Amputation is performed in patients with irreversible tissue and nerve damage.

Keywords: Acute limb ischemia; Aspiration devices; Catheter directed thrombolysis; Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy; Severe limb ischemia; Thromboembolectomy.

Publication types

Review