Acute
limb ischemia secondary to systemic arterial
embolism from left ventricular
thrombus is a rare
life threatening
emergency. Peripheral arterial
thrombosis superimposed on an atherosclerotic
disease or
thromboembolism from cardiac or aortic source are the two most common causes of acute
limb ischemia. We present a case of a young healthy
female who had recurrent admissions with acute
lower extremity ischemia secondary to
embolism from intra cardiac
thrombus diagnosed by bedside doppler and computed
angiogram, managed by surgical thromboembolectomy and discharge on anticoagulation.