Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in a Patient with Severe Atherosclerotic Stenosis Presenting with Acute Limb Ischemia: Case Report
Gökhan Albayrak, M. Utku Yildirim, Koray Aykut, Tugra Gencpinar, Mehmet Güzeloğlu, Eyüp Hazan
DOI: 10.9739/uvcd.2014-41253 · Page: 149-152 · 54 Views · 2 Downloads · 0 Citations
Abstract
Acute leg ischemia is a clinical condition that can result in loss of the extremity or
death. Depending on the clinical picture, patients with acute leg ischemia can be treated with emergent
surgical revascularizaton or catheter-directed thrombolysis. This paper presents a case of acute
leg ischemia treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis.
Keywords : Atherosclerosis; lower extremity; thrombosis