Open AccessHuge Free-Floating Thrombus in the Internal Carotid Artery Under Duplex Ultrasound Surveillance
Author(s) -
Linjie Zhang,
Jie Qin,
Lihua Zhang,
Delin Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the neurologist/the neurologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2331-2637
pISSN - 1074-7931
DOI - 10.1097/nrl.0000000000000296
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , magnetic resonance angiography , ultrasound , embolization , thrombosis , angiography , antithrombotic , computed tomography angiography , stroke (engine) , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Carotid free-floating thrombus (FFT) is an unusual finding in acute ischemic stroke. Atherosclerosis is the most common etiology of FFT formation.