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So this is actually a follow-up of that same patient we just saw, the one with the

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patent femoral popliteal and popliteal

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anterior tibial artery venous grafts.

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This patient had an interval scan because they came with new

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symptoms, and as you can see now, as we're scrolling, there

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is no contrast opacification of this bypass graft anymore.

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We see that deep femoral is reconstituted by some

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collaterals. However, the graft itself

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is not opacified, and the rest of the arteries in the

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contralateral as well as the ipsilateral limb are opacified, so it's not like we've

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outrun the bolus. But there is definitely thrombosis of this

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entire bypass graft leading all the way up till the anastomosis.

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Now, that second bypass graft that we had, which was here, the

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bypass graft to the anterior tibial artery, that is also not showing

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opacification. Now, if this was a de novo scan,

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chances are hopefully you wouldn't have missed it because you would have noticed

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these surgical clips. But it's always important to review that surgical

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anatomy and interventions a patient has had in the past

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before we make an assessment. We also have an immediate delay just in case you

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needed to problem solve and make sure that there's definitely no

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opacification or sluggish opacification of that bypass

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graft at all, neither at that femoral popliteal

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level nor the bypass graft to the anterior tibial artery

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level.

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Faculty

Anushri Parakh, MD, MBBS

Instructor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

Tags

Vascular Imaging

Vascular

Emergency

CTA