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Peripheral Arteriovascular Disease
Key Concepts Acute arterial occlusion is a limb-threatening emergency requiring early anticoagulation and Fogarty catheter embolectomy. The clinical diagnosis is based on some variant of the five Ps: pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesias, and paralysis. Confirmatory tests are unnecessary and increase…