Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracic aortic mobile thrombus | Zendy

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Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracic aortic mobile thrombus

Author(s) -

Patrick Narh-Martey,

Mauricio Szuchmacher,

Michael Cicchillo,

Izabela Galdyn

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of surgical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2042-8812

DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2012.6.17

Subject(s) - medicine , thoracic aorta , thrombus , embolectomy , aortic repair , aorta , stent , descending aorta , surgery , radiology , cardiology , pulmonary embolism

Thoracic aortic mobile thrombus is a rare and significant source of peripheral, visceral, as well as cerebral emboli. A 51-year-old female with a history of emergency left brachial artery embolectomy 5 months previously was referred to our unit for evaluation of a mobile thrombus in the descending thoracic aorta. We describe the successful primary treatment of a symptomatic mobile thrombus in the thoracic aorta by using a stent graft.

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