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Recurrent upper extremity acute limb ischemia secondary to retained axillary polytetrafluoroethylene cuff causing
Mikael A Fadoul1, Katherine K McMackin1, Lauren Jonas1
1Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ.
Abstract:
Acute limb ischemia of the upper extremity is less frequently encountered than in the lower extremity. The etiology is typically cardioembolic. Axillary-femoral stump syndrome is a rare complication associated with an occluded axillary-femoral bypass graft. We present the case of recurrent acute limb ischemia of the upper extremity whose embolic source was a retained cuff of a previously explanted axillary-profunda bypass graft. The patient failed anticoagulation after an initial embolectomy and after a recurrent embolism from the retained cuff, ultimately required cuff exclusion with a covered stent.
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