RT Book, Section A1 Fritz, David A. A2 Stone, C. Keith A2 Humphries, Roger L. SR Print(0) ID 55755606 T1 Chapter 40. Vascular Emergencies T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Emergency Medicine, 7e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-0-07-170107-5 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55755606 RD 2024/11/12 AB Most vascular emergencies are due to either disruption of the blood vessel wall with bleeding (eg, from penetrating trauma) or to occlusion of the blood vessel lumen (eg, by an embolus or thrombus). The major consequences of these events are blood loss or acute distal ischemia. If vascular injury is untreated, hypotension or tissue necrosis may occur.