Acute aortic occlusion.
Acute occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta is a vascular catastrophe, and the prognosis remains poor. This report describes a 52-year-old man with acute occlusion of the abdominal aorta following acute myocardial infarction. He was successfully treated with a transfemoral embolectomy with the use of a Fogarty catheter. The postoperative course was uneventful.
Matsumoto
M
M
Konishi
Y
Y
Nishizawa
J
J
Nishioka
A
A
Watanabe
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis