Crutch-induced bilateral brachial artery aneurysms
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Crutch-induced bilateral brachial artery aneurysms.
A 57-year-old man, who was a chronic axillary crutch user as a result of childhood poliomyelitis, was referred to our hospital because of a sudden onset of right forearm ischemia. The right forearm had no pulse, and three-dimensional computed tomography (3DCT) showed an aneurysm of the right brachial artery associated with arterial occlusion. The thrombosed aneurysm of the brachial artery was r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.219832