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Local Thrombus as an Isolated Sign of Traumatic Aortic Injury
Author(s) -
Roisinblit Jorge M.,
Allende Norberto G.,
Neira Jorge A.,
Torino Augusto F.,
Karmazyn Carlos,
Pardo Pablo,
Scattini Gabriel
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00063.x
Subject(s) - blunt , medicine , thrombus , traumatic injury , cardiology , blunt trauma , abnormality , radiology , sign (mathematics) , surgery , mathematical analysis , mathematics , psychiatry
We report an unusual case of blunt traumatic aortic injury in which a mobile thrombus located at the isthmus was the only abnormality detected by transesophageal echocardiography. The case illustrates the high sensitivity of this diagnostic tool in aortic trauma and underscores the possibility of finding infrequent evidence of injury in subtle aortic lesions.