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Floating Thrombus in the Aortic Arch as an Origin of Simultaneous Peripheral Emboli
Author(s) -
Soleimani Abbas,
Marzban Mehrab,
Sahebjam Mohammad,
Shirani Shapour,
SotoudehAnvari Maryam,
Abbasi Ali
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00694.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic arch , thrombus , peripheral , arch , cardiology , radiology , aorta , civil engineering , engineering
Few cases of a floating thrombus in a normal aorta have been reported without other underlying reasons for the thrombus formation and its systemic embolic complications. We report a case in which a floating thrombus in the proximal aortic arch was detected after echocardiography and computed tomography angiography as an origin of upper extremities and ophthalmic embolism.