Aortic Thrombus Causing a Hypertensive Emergency

Thoracic aorta thrombi are a rare condition typically presenting as a source for distal embolization in elderly patients with atherosclerotic risk factors. However, young patients with a variety of presentations resulting from such thrombi have rarely been reported. We describe a case of a young pat...

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Autores principales: Schreyer, Kraftin E., Otter, Jenna, Johnston, Zachary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849347
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.6.33876
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description Thoracic aorta thrombi are a rare condition typically presenting as a source for distal embolization in elderly patients with atherosclerotic risk factors. However, young patients with a variety of presentations resulting from such thrombi have rarely been reported. We describe a case of a young patient with refractory hypertensive emergency caused by a large thoracic aorta thrombus. Investigation was guided by abnormal physical exam findings.
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spelling pubmed-59652222018-05-30 Aortic Thrombus Causing a Hypertensive Emergency Schreyer, Kraftin E. Otter, Jenna Johnston, Zachary Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Thoracic aorta thrombi are a rare condition typically presenting as a source for distal embolization in elderly patients with atherosclerotic risk factors. However, young patients with a variety of presentations resulting from such thrombi have rarely been reported. We describe a case of a young patient with refractory hypertensive emergency caused by a large thoracic aorta thrombus. Investigation was guided by abnormal physical exam findings. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5965222/ /pubmed/29849347 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.6.33876 Text en © 2017 Schreyer et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965222/
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