PERIPHERAL GANGRENE IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Peripheral gangrene in myocardial infarction.

Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene

A 27-year-old woman presented to the clinic with well-demarcated symmetrical dry gangrene of all the toes. The onset was insidious during recent hospitalization for urosepsis and shock. There is no antecedent history of peripheral ischemia, use of oral contraceptive pill, or smoking. Her medical history is significant for hypertension and preeclampsia. Dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses...

Peripheral gangrene in polycythaemia vera.

well account for the phonocardiographic features of extreme variability of the A2-OC interval and the intermittent absence of the OC. The systolic murmur was in keeping with mitral reflux with its rate related variability. In a very ill patient with a malfunctioning mitral Starr-Edwards prosthesis we feel that the phonocardiographic findings can be a useful bedside adjunct to the physician and ...

Peripheral gangrene in a newborn.

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Symmetrical peripheral gangrene.

Two cases of symmetrical peripheral gangrene associated with intracardiac lesions are described. One had a secondary deposit from a uterine leiomyosarcoma in the wall of the right ventricle, the other had a free ball thrombus in the right atrium; there were no valvular lesions in either case. The published reports of this type of gangrene indicate that it may result from (1) va sospastic condit...