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. 1990;17(2):112–117.

Thromboangiitis Obliterans

Current Perspectives and Future Directions

Azam Ansari 1,2
PMCID: PMC326466  PMID: 15227394

Abstract

Originally described by von Winiwarter in 1879 and by Buerger in 1908, thromboangiitis obliterans became a focus of delayed controversy in the 1960s when its existence as a separate entity came into question. More recently, new information regarding the disease's pathogenesis, as well as a redefinition of its clinical and roentgenographic features, has given further credence to the theory that thromboangiitis obliterans is a distinct clinicopathologic and roentgenographic entity. By critically analyzing both old and new insights, this article assesses the current status and future directions of the disease. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1990;17:112-7)

Keywords: Thromboangiitis obliterans

Keywords: atherosclerosis obliterans

Keywords: Buerger's disease

Keywords: peripheral vascular disease

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