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Acute lower limb ischemia due to thrombo-embolic arterial occlusions in two previously healthy men with markedly

Gabriella V Bedarida1, Ulrich Hoffmann, Federico Tatò

  • 1Division of Vascular Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University Hospital, Munich, Germany.

Vascular Medicine (London, England)
|March 30, 2007
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Lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) is a well-documented risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Its role in acute thrombo-embolic occlusions of peripheral arteries is not known. We describe two cases of multiple, acute, peripheral arterial occlusions in two previously healthy men with markedly elevated Lp(a). Both cases had unsatisfactory results after percutaneous and surgical revascularization procedures. Experience yielded in these two cases suggests that when an unfavorable outcome occurs in a peripheral artery disease patient in the absence of the regular risk factors, Lp(a) should be determined and its role investigated.

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