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A staged, endovascular approach to treat a ruptured external iliac artery mycotic pseudoaneurysm in an intravenous drug user: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Ruptured mycotic pseudoaneurysms are one of the ways IVDU patients can present in extremis. The principles of treatment include arterial ligation for haemorrhage control but can leave patients vulnerable subsequent limb ischaemia. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a female IVDU presentin...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Mehtab, Poh, Yi Wen, Imray, Christopher H.E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28826072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.07.054