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

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Limited 27.03.2012
• Subjects: Abdomen; Amputation; Blood; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Internal Medicine

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...