“…10 The most common cause is of a thrombotic origin, either in patients with atherosclerotic pathology, patients with aortic aneurysm, or with a state of hypercoagulability or vasculitis. 10 Hypercoagulable states may play an important role in aortic occlusive disease, especially when they are superimposed on preexisting large vessel arteritis or atherosclerotic arterial disease. 2 The most common symptoms are pain, pallor, coldness, pulselessness, paresthesia, and paralysis of the lower extremities.…”