title: Vascular emergencies.
abstract: This article reviews the initial assessment and emergent management of several common as well as uncommon vascular emergencies. Aortic dissection, aneurysms, and arterial occlusive disease are familiar but challenging clinical entities. Less frequently encountered conditions are also discussed including an aortic enteric fistula, mesenteric venous thrombosis, phlegmasia alba dolens, and subclavian vein thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Semashko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy