Save the limb and the kidneys
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A 72-year-old elderly patient presented with critical right lower limb ischemia and significant renal dysfunction (Creatinine - 3.9 mg/dL), which necessitated the use of CO2 as an angiographic medium.He had a 100 % occluded ostial right common iliac artery and an 80 % stenosis of the left common iliac artery.An image is worth a 1,000 words: tell us what you see in this image!
A 72-year-old elderly patient presented with critical right lower limb ischemia and significant renal dysfunction (Creatinine - 3.9 mg/dL), which necessitated the use of CO2 as an angiographic medium
Authors
Salahuddin Salma1- Aster MIMS Calicut, Kerala, India
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