Fourthy nine patients with peripheral emboli were operated at Bursa Yüksek ihtisas Hospital Cardiovascular Sur-gery Department between January 1994-January 1996. Thirty cases were men (92,2%) with mean age 54, 3 (39-75 years), 19 cases were women (38,8%), with mean age 56,1 (35-73 years). Mean surgical time was 13 hours (1-48). 26 cases (53,7%) with right femoral, 10 cases (20,4%) with left femoral, 2 cases (4,1%) with right brachial and 1 case (2%) with left brachial emboli were operated on. 48 patients (97,8%) were on full recovery, for 1 patient infrapopliteal amputation was required in 14 th post operative day. 8 cases (16,3%) had a tromboembolic history. There was chronic atrial fibrillation in 1 7 cases (34,7%). All cases were examined by echocardiography. 8 cases (16,3%) were having a mitral valve disease, 6(12,2%) of these patients underwent mitral valve replacement. In 12 patients (24,5%) mitral régurgitation of 1-2 degree and or minimal mitral stenosis were determined. In 7 patients (14,3%) aortic valve regurgitiation of 1-2 degree and/or minimal aortic stenoisis were determined. In 4 patients (8,29) without any lesions in the val-ves, left atrial diameter was greater than 5 cm. In 9 cases (18.4%) coronary angiography was applied and in ((10.2%) of them serious coronary arter disease with poor left ventricular function was determined. (8.2%) of this cases underwent coronary artery bypass grefting. As seen, totally 10 patients (20.4%) underwent open he-art surgery after embolectomy. 20 patients (40.8%) are still being followed routinely because of their cardiac pathologies. We believe that early diagnosis and management may reduce both morbidity and mortality in patients suspec-ted of a cardiac origin of peripherial emboli.