TRAUMATIC LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS CAUSE DISTURBED BLOOD FLOW IN THE INFRARENAL AORTA LEADING TO ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURISMS

Methods We recruited 6 healthy volunteers who underwent infrarenal abdominal aortic Magnetic Resonance angiography and phase contrast imaging done at baseline and with transient arterial occlusion to a leg with a blood pressure cuff to mimic a below knee (BKA), unilateral above knee (AKA) and bilate...

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 59; no. 13; p. E2139
Main Authors Smolensky, Alexander V, Clement-Guinaudeau, Stephanie, Oshinski, John N, Taylor, William R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Limited 27.03.2012
Subjects
Abdomen
Amputation
Blood
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Internal Medicine
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Summary:Methods We recruited 6 healthy volunteers who underwent infrarenal abdominal aortic Magnetic Resonance angiography and phase contrast imaging done at baseline and with transient arterial occlusion to a leg with a blood pressure cuff to mimic a below knee (BKA), unilateral above knee (AKA) and bilateral above knee (Bi-AKA) amputation.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(12)62140-8