Acute infrarenal aortic occlusion

Brianna Barsanti-Innes; Graham Roche-Nagle

doi:10.1136/bcr-2019-233238

Acute infrarenal aortic occlusion

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 29;13(3):e233238. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233238.

Authors

Brianna Barsanti-Innes¹, Graham Roche-Nagle²

Affiliations

¹ University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Vascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada graham.roche-nagle@uhn.ca.

Abstract

Acute aortic occlusion (AAO) is an uncommon but potentially devastating vascular emergency with reported perioperative mortality rates of up to 75%. We present the case of AAO in a 69-year-old woman who was transferred to our institution after presenting with sudden onset bilateral acute limb ischaemia. Imaging showed a completely obstructed aortoiliac segment with renal infarcts. She was treated successfully with aortoiliac over the wire thrombectomy.

Keywords: interventional radiology; vascular surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Aorta, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Diseases / surgery*
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery*
Female
Humans
Kidney / blood supply
Thrombectomy*