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Dynamic Migration of a Mobile Plaque from the Brachiocephalic Artery Detected by Ultrasonography
Author(s) -
Watari Mari,
Nakajima Makoto,
NishitomiIzumida Megumi,
Inatomi Yuichiro,
Yonehara Toshiro,
Hirano Teruyuki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01823.x
Subject(s) - brachiocephalic artery , medicine , ultrasonography , thorax (insect anatomy) , radiology , carotid arteries , common carotid artery , artery , embolism , carotid ultrasonography , surgery , anatomy , aortic arch , aorta
Mini‐Abstract A 72‐year‐old woman with a history of radiation therapy on the right neck and thorax developed multiple brain embolism. Transthoracic ultrasonography demonstrated a mobile plaque attached to the beginning of the brachiocephalic artery. Over a week, we detected the plaque that had migrated to the beginning of the left external carotid artery without any neurological symptoms. Ultrasonography was very useful to observe the course of the mobile plaque.