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. 2009 Summer;9(2):75-7.

Guess the case

Jason K Kim  1 , Britt H Tonnessen, Francisco C Albuquerque Jr, Robert E Noll Jr, W Charles Sternbergh 3rd
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Guess the case

Jason K Kim et al. Ochsner J. 2009 Summer.
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute limb ischemia; endovascular repair; popliteal aneurysm.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. The angiogram reveals an occlusion of the distal right superficial femoral artery at the level of the adductor canal (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2. The angiogram obtained after successful pharmacologic and mechanical thrombolysis. An arterial abnormality is identified at the level of the knee (arrow).
Figure 3
Figure 3. A postdeployment angiogram demonstrates complete exclusion of the previously identified popliteal artery aneurysm with the covered stent graft without evidence of endoleak.
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