William F Browne, Jeffrey Sung, Bill S Majdalany, Minhaj S Khaja, Keith Calligaro, Benjamin N Contrella, Maros Ferencik, Andrew J Gunn, Baljendra S Kapoor, Nicole A Keefe, Nima Kokabi, Christopher M Kramer, Richard Kwun, Fadi Shamoun, Aditya M Sharma, Scott D Steenburg, Andrew T Trout, Kanupriya Vijay, David S Wang, Michael L Steigner
Acute onset of a cold, painful leg, also known as acute limb ischemia, describes the sudden loss of perfusion to the lower extremity and carries significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Acute limb ischemia requires rapid identification and the management of suspected vascular compromise and is inherently driven by clinical considerations. The objectives of initial imaging include confirmation of diagnosis, identifying the location and extent of vascular occlusion, and preprocedural/presurgical planning...
November 2023: Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR