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This chapter begins with a discussion of the arterial system of the lower limb followed by a discussion of the concept of angiosomes. The chapter concludes with a description of venous drainage.
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Swenson, R.S., Snow, N.J., Catlin, B. (2017). Vascular Anatomy of the Lower Limbs. In: Dieter, R., Dieter, Jr, R., Dieter, III, R., Nanjundappa, A. (eds) Critical Limb Ischemia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31991-9_8
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