Blocking of a blood vessel by cholesterol-rich atheromatous deposits, generally occurring in the flow from a large artery to small arterial branches. It is also called arterial-arterial embolization or atheroembolism which may be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Patients with spontaneous atheroembolism often have painful, cyanotic digits of acute onset.
Atheroembolism of extremities
Atheroembolism of upper extremity
Atheroembolism of right upper extremity
Atheroembolism of left upper extremity
Atheroembolism of bilateral upper extremities
Atheroembolism of unspecified upper extremity
Atheroembolism of lower extremity
Atheroembolism of right lower extremity
Atheroembolism of left lower extremity
Atheroembolism of bilateral lower extremities
Atheroembolism of unspecified lower extremity
Atheroembolism of other sites
Atheroembolism of kidney
Atheroembolism of other site