When collateral vessels matter: asymptomatic Leriche syndrome.

Clin Case Rep

Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin and San Luigi Hospital Orbassano, 10043, Italy ; Division of Internal Medicine, San Luigi Hospital Orbassano, 10043, Italy.

Published: November 2015

While acute arterial occlusion causes life-threatening ischemia and organ damage requiring urgent revascularization, the incidental identification of arterial occlusions in asymptomatic patients represents a therapeutic dilemma in clinicians. Does chronic asymptomatic artery occlusion require specific treatment?

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641484PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.390DOI Listing

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