Back to Vascular Web   Acute Arterial Occlusion  Keith
Calligaro, M.D., David Drezner, M.D., Frank Veith, M.D.     •
Acute Thrombotic Disease   • Atheroembolic Disease   •
Thromboembolectomy Techniques   • Thrombolysis: Percutaneous &
Intraoperative   • Systemic Complications of Reperfusion Injury
• Compartment Syndrome  I . Anatomy and Pathophysiology  1. To
understand the various causes of acute arterial thrombosis
including chronic atherosclerosis, hypercoaguable conditions,
catheters and medical devices, and drug injections.  2. To
understand various sources of peripheral arterial emboli
including the heart (and underlying factors including myocardial
infarcts, valve disease, atrial fibrillation, intracardiac
tumors), arterial aneurysms and ulcerative plaques.  3. To
define the variable interval of acute arterial ischemia before
irreversible changes of the muscle and peripheral nerves begin
to occur.  4. To understand the reasons for the high morbidity
and mortality associated with acute arterial occlus