Ischemic Limb Necrosis and Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene During Vasopressor Support in Severe Shock States: Thromboinflammatory Microvascular Injury as the Pathogenic Mechanism.
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Authors
- Cheryl L. Maier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4044-2674)
- Joseph R. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2405-7912)
- Dominik F. Draxler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-0058)
- Jerrold H Levy
- Theodore E Warkentin
- Toshiaki Iba
- Jean M Connors
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Duke University (US)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Spitalzentrum Centre hospitalier Biel- Bienne (CH)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcvp/pvag078
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00