Acute limb ischemia caused by floating thrombus in the aorta: a case report and literature review

This report presents a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and COVID-19 infection one month earlier who experienced embolic episodes resulting in acute lower-limb ischemia from an unusual source. The blood flow was successfully restored by femoropopliteal thromboembolectomy. In determining the source...

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Main Authors: Fuzheng Guo, Zhibin He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1203003/full