These emboli pass easily through large vessels but will struggle as they become smaller. On reaching the smaller vessels of the feet, they finally become stuck, cutting off the blood supply.

Thus, the clinical manifestation depends on the number of organs affected, the composition of the emboli, and the quantity of the embolus expelled from the atherosclerotic plaque. An isolated ...

We report the autopsy findings of a 75-year-old woman who died of an acute pulmonary arterial embolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis of the lower limbs. Computerized tomography had shown ...

thus prevent the development "trash foot" caused by distal embolization. A method is presented which by applying a filtering device allows the flushed blood to enter the distal arterial tree ...