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Hyperhomocysteinemia, Aortic Thrombus, and Peripheral Arterial Emboli

A Case Report

Philip C. Comp, MD, PhD

Krishnaswamy Chandrasekaran, MD, FACC

K. Chandrasekaran, MD, FACA

University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center PO Box 26901, WP-3120 Oklahoma City, OK 73190

A young Native American woman presented with ischemia of the left lower limb resulting from embolic occlusion of the left common iliac artery and left femoral artery. The source of her emboli was aortic thrombus. The only underlying abnormality responsible for her hypercoagulability appeared to be hyperhomocysteinemia.

Angiology, Vol. 50, No. 7, 599-603 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979905000710


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