Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia

We report a 72-year-old male presented with 8 days’ history of sudden onset of right lower limb coldness, pain, and numbness. Emergency computed tomography angiography showed occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta. Emergency angiography showed complete occlusion of the infrarenal aorta extendin...

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Main Authors: Wubulikasimu Wulamu, Hai-Lei Li, Yiu Che Chan, Stephen Wing-Keung Cheng
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:Vascular Investigation and Therapy
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/vit.VIT-D-25-00004
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author Wubulikasimu Wulamu
Hai-Lei Li
Yiu Che Chan
Stephen Wing-Keung Cheng
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description We report a 72-year-old male presented with 8 days’ history of sudden onset of right lower limb coldness, pain, and numbness. Emergency computed tomography angiography showed occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta. Emergency angiography showed complete occlusion of the infrarenal aorta extending into both common iliac arteries. The patient underwent endovascular catheter-directed thrombolysis and subsequent transfemoral thrombectomy due to distal embolism after thrombolysis and made a full recovery with well-perfused feet afterward. Acute aortic thrombosis is an unusual cause of bilateral lower limb ischemia. Prompt diagnosis and intervention were essential for limb salvage. In selected patients, endovascular treatment may provide a more minimally invasive treatment option.
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spelling doaj-art-d77095862c9d40bbb3a344bb8d79e4ed2025-08-20T03:40:50ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsVascular Investigation and Therapy2589-96862589-94812025-04-0182818410.4103/vit.VIT-D-25-00004Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemiaWubulikasimu WulamuHai-Lei LiYiu Che ChanStephen Wing-Keung ChengWe report a 72-year-old male presented with 8 days’ history of sudden onset of right lower limb coldness, pain, and numbness. Emergency computed tomography angiography showed occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta. Emergency angiography showed complete occlusion of the infrarenal aorta extending into both common iliac arteries. The patient underwent endovascular catheter-directed thrombolysis and subsequent transfemoral thrombectomy due to distal embolism after thrombolysis and made a full recovery with well-perfused feet afterward. Acute aortic thrombosis is an unusual cause of bilateral lower limb ischemia. Prompt diagnosis and intervention were essential for limb salvage. In selected patients, endovascular treatment may provide a more minimally invasive treatment option.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/vit.VIT-D-25-00004acute aortic thrombosiscatheter-directed thrombolysisendovascular treatment
spellingShingle Wubulikasimu Wulamu
Hai-Lei Li
Yiu Che Chan
Stephen Wing-Keung Cheng
Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
Vascular Investigation and Therapy
acute aortic thrombosis
catheter-directed thrombolysis
endovascular treatment
title Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
title_full Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
title_fullStr Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
title_full_unstemmed Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
title_short Endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
title_sort endovascular management for acute aortic thrombosis presenting with critical lower limb ischemia
topic acute aortic thrombosis
catheter-directed thrombolysis
endovascular treatment
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/vit.VIT-D-25-00004
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