Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch

Floating thrombi in the aortic arch are very rare and an unusual source of systemic embolism. Herein, a case of a 3-cm thrombus in the aortic arch is reported. It was a floating, highly mobile thrombus attached to the lesser curvature of the aortic arch. The patients had a hypercoagulable disorder i...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Noh, Tae Ook, Seo, Pil Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368975
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.6.464
_version_ 1782296494099922944
author Noh, Tae Ook
Seo, Pil Won
author_facet Noh, Tae Ook
Seo, Pil Won
author_sort Noh, Tae Ook
collection PubMed
description Floating thrombi in the aortic arch are very rare and an unusual source of systemic embolism. Herein, a case of a 3-cm thrombus in the aortic arch is reported. It was a floating, highly mobile thrombus attached to the lesser curvature of the aortic arch. The patients had a hypercoagulable disorder induced by protein C and S deficiency. The thrombus was operatively removed with a favorable outcome.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3868696
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38686962013-12-24 Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch Noh, Tae Ook Seo, Pil Won Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Floating thrombi in the aortic arch are very rare and an unusual source of systemic embolism. Herein, a case of a 3-cm thrombus in the aortic arch is reported. It was a floating, highly mobile thrombus attached to the lesser curvature of the aortic arch. The patients had a hypercoagulable disorder induced by protein C and S deficiency. The thrombus was operatively removed with a favorable outcome. Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013-12 2013-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3868696/ /pubmed/24368975 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.6.464 Text en © The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013. All right reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Noh, Tae Ook
Seo, Pil Won
Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch
title Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch
title_full Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch
title_fullStr Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch
title_full_unstemmed Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch
title_short Floating Thrombus in Aortic Arch
title_sort floating thrombus in aortic arch
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368975
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.6.464
work_keys_str_mv AT nohtaeook floatingthrombusinaorticarch
AT seopilwon floatingthrombusinaorticarch

Ejemplares similares