Acute limb ischemia (ALI) results from a sudden obstruction in the arterial flow to the extremity due to an embolism or thrombosis. Embolic problems result in a greater degree of ischemia than ...

The classical description of patients with acute limb ischemia is represented by the "six Ps": pain, pallor, paralysis, pulse deficit, paresthesia, and poikilothermia. Pain may be either constant ...

The case is reported of a 32 year old woman with acute on chronic upper limb ischaemia due to thrombus from a cervical rib that had compressed the right subclavian artery of her dominant hand after ...