Abstract.Background: Proper management of patients with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) or cannabis-associated arteritis (CAA), presenting with critical lower limb ischaemia (CLI) remains controversial, and data ...
Abstract.Background: Surgical revascularization for chronic critical limb ischaemia in patients with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) still remains controversial. Generally, besides cessation of smoking, ...
Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO, Buerger`s disease) is an inflammatory vascular disease affecting small and medium sized arteries and veins. It is characterized by segmental thrombotic occlusions by highly mononuclear cellular thrombi. Its occurrence and ...
Background: Immunhistopathological and serological data favors an immunopathogenesis of thromboangiitis onliterans(TAO, Buergers disease). Autoantbodies seem to play a major role. Immunoadsorption (IA) proved to be therapeutically effective. We focused ...
We report the disease process of a 41 year old woman, who was refered to our clinic with intermittent claudication of the leg. She has been an excessive smoker since early youth. Three years ago a hemicolectomy was carried out because of a necrotizing ...
Hintergrund: Es soll die Hypothese untersucht werden, nach der Fälle einer Arteritis, die einer Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) ähnelten und mit Cannabiskonsum assoziiert waren, durch Cannabis oder THC (Dronabinol) verursacht wurden, oder dass ...