Arterial thrombosis
5 important questions on Arterial thrombosis
What are the risk factors for arterial thrombosis?
- Smoking
- Atrium fibrillation: ECG and echo
- Heart failure
- Myoxoma: malignancy
- Heart valves dysfunction
- High risk CVRM
- Atherosclerosis
What are the symptoms of arterial thrombosis?
- Heavy pain: because there is no oxygen in the leg
- No pulsations
- Acute pain
What diagnostic tests do you do when you think about arterial thrombosis?
- Ankle-arm-index
- Toe pressure
- CT-angiography
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What do you measure with the ankle-arm index and toe pressure test?
- Ankle-arm-index: compare blood pressure of arm with leg. When there is thrombosis, the blood pressure is lower in the leg.
- Toe pressure: measurement of oxygen in the toe. This is low when there is arterial thrombosis.
What is the treatment of an arterial thromboembolism?
Also make an ECG
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