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Peripheral gangrene is an uncommon complication of myocardial infarction caused by extreme vasoconstriction during severe circulatory failure, as documented in two reported cases.
Peripheral gangrene is a rare but recognized complication of severe circulatory failure following myocardial infarction.
May signal peripheral gangrene in extreme post-MI shock; leaves open incidence and causality beyond case reports.
Peripheral gangrene caused by the extreme vaso-constriction that accompanies severe circulatory failure in such a disease as cholera is well recognized. Its occurrence, however, as a complication of myocardial infarction is such an uncommon event, to judge from the literature, that the reporting of two cases seems to be justified.
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Swan et al. (1951) studied this question. Peripheral gangrene is an uncommon complication of myocardial infarction caused by extreme vasoconstriction during severe circulatory failure, as documented in two reported cases.
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