On examination, the patient had a full complement of lower-limb pulses. A lower-limb arterial duplex scan detected bilateral popliteal artery occlusion on forced plantar flexion. As there were ...

For example, occlusion of the popliteal artery results in profound limb ischemia, since it is the only artery crossing at the level of the knee. By contrast, occlusion of the anterior tibial ...