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Resolution of an aortic mobile mass with anticoagulation without evidence of arterial embolism

Author(s) -

Pasierski T.,

Jasek S.,

Firek B.,

Przbylski A.,

Szwed H.,

Sadowski Z.

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

clinical cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 1932-8737

pISSN - 0160-9289

DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960190215

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , arterial embolism , aortic arch , embolism , cardiology , coronary artery disease , aorta , radiology , surgery

The prognostic significance of aortic mobile debris detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients without history of embolism has not been established. A mobile aortic arch mass was found by TEE in a 59‐year‐old man with coronary artery disease, and with rheumatic mitral valve disease, and with no embolic symptoms. The patient was anticoagulated for 6 weeks and the mass was no longer seen on repeated TEE. He had no embolic symptoms during 9 months of follow‐up. Different therapeutic approaches to mobile aortic debris are discussed and anticoagulant treatment of asymptomatic cases is advocated.

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