Diagnosis and management of arterial mural thromboemboli.
If ischemic lesions or cerebral dysfunction appear without obvious cause, aneurysm, stenosing, or ulcerative plaques in proximal arteries are suspected. Diagnostic methods are outlined. Treatment by removal of the embolic source is preferred and exclusion of the lesion and bypass is reserved for inacessible lesions or poor operative risks.
D000368:Aged; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005121:Extremities / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged