ONE hundred and ninety saddle emboli at the aortic bifurcation ... on the aorta (Fig. 5) only enough to occlude the aorta without damage to its wall. Note the clot extending into both iliac ...

Although an aneurysm can occur in any artery of the body, it is most common in the abdominal aorta and the iliac arteries. While the aorta’s diameter normally ranges from 2-3 cm (1 ½ inches), an ...

Two days later aortic embolectomy was done, but the left iliac ... bifurcation does not take much time and will aid greatly, particularly in cases in which the embolic thrombus is packed in the ...

During diagnosis, we found that he had an aneurysm, a bulge in the abdominal aorta. As the bulge measured about 7.2 cm, it affected his iliac arteries, which are the branches that lead down to the ...