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Upper limb amputation due to a brachial arterial embolism associated with a superior mesenteric arterial embolism: a case report

BACKGROUND: Acute mesenteric ischemia due to an embolism of the superior mesenteric artery is associated with a high mortality rate. Over 20 percent of acute mesenteric embolism cases consist of multiple emboli, and the long-term prognosis depends on the incidence of subsequent embolic events at oth...

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Autores principales: Yamada, Tsuyoshi, Yoshii, Toshitaka, Yoshimura, Hideya, Suzuki, Koji, Okawa, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22828325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-372