Abstract

A 64-year-old woman visited her general practitioner in January, 1997, with large bilateral varicose veins that were visibly pulsating. She was otherwise well, but 20 years before had had a mitral-valve replacement for rheumatic valve disease. As part of her preoperative assessment for that procedure she had had a percutaneous cardiac catheterisation via her femoral artery. This had been an uncomplicated procedure and she had no symptoms in her legs after it. 10 years previously, she had pain in the right hypochondrium, which was thought to be due to gallstones.

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