TY  - JOUR
T1  - MUltiple peripheral emboli in atherosclerosis of the aorta
AU  - SAYRE GP, CAMPBELL DC
Y1  - 1959/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270050121019
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 799
EP  - 806
VL  - 103
IS  - 5
N2  - Multiple peripheral vascular occlusions are usually considered due to multiple emboli originating from thrombi in the chambers of the heart or from the heart valves. Less commonly large thrombi form on the walls of the aorta which may break off to occlude large peripheral vessels and produce massive infarcts. A rare condition which may produce multiple small emboli with a variegated clinical picture is embolism of atheromatous material subsequent to erosion of atheromas of the aorta.Report of Case 
    The patient, whose final admission to the Mayo Clinic occurred on March 1, 1956, was a white man aged 69 years. His family history was noncontributory. In 1905 he was found to have syphilis. Apparently he had had adequate treatment for this, and there was no subsequent clinical problem related to this diagnosis.In 1939, seventeen years before his final admission to the Clinic, he first experienced typical angina. Eleven years
SN  - 0888-2479
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270050121019
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1959.00270050121019
ER  -