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Accidental intra-arterial drug injection successfully treated with Iloprost
I Samuel1, C C Bishop, C W Jamieson
1General Surgical Firm I, St Thomas' Hospital, London, U.K.
European Journal of Vascular Surgery
|January 1, 1993
A 35-year-old drug abuser inadvertently injected adulterated heroin into her left femoral artery and presented with critical ischaemia of her left leg. Treatment with intravenous Iloprost, a stable prostacyclin analogue, combined with Heparin, produced a dramatic improvement in her circulation within 4 h.
A 35-year-old drug abuser inadvertently injected adulterated heroin into her left femoral artery and presented with critical ischaemia of her left leg. Treatment with intravenous Iloprost, a stable prostacyclin analogue, combined with Heparin, produced a dramatic improvement in her circulation within 4 h.