title: [Medical treatment of arm embolisms].
abstract: Emboli in the upper limb occur much less often than in other territories. They usually cause subacute ischaemia due to the importance of the arterial anastomotic network. Medical treatment is thus often sufficient. An analysis of the data in the literature show that medical treatment can give results comparable to surgery. Medical management should only be proposed as a complementary treatment when acute sensitivomotor acute ischaemia threatens the upper limb since priority must be placed on immediate restoration of the arterial flow.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Vasculaire, CHU Hôpital Nord, St-Etienne.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boissier
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Favre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conchonnet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benoit-Durafour
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gournier
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Barral
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Traitement médical des embolies du membre supérieur.