Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Practice Management

Sever Peripheral Vascular Disease

Acute Occlusion of the Abdominal Aorta in a Patient with Severe Peripheral Vascular Disease and Untreated Atrial Fibrillation

Acute Occlusion of the Abdominal Aorta in a Patient with Severe Peripheral Vascular Disease and Untreated Atrial Fibrillation

Urgent message: Acute aortic obstruction should be suspected in all patients with back pain and a history of peripheral vascular disease and atrial fibrillation, as over 50% of these cases are misdiagnosed, resulting in high mortality rates in affected patients.  Kristopher Palmer, DO and JM Alderson, DO Introduction Aortic occlusion is a rare but potentially fatal vascular phenomenon that must be considered in all patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) complaining of severe pain. Here, …

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