Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation

An ascending aortic thrombus is a rare source for embolic transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke without an associated aortic pathology. Here we describe a case of a patient who presented with generalized symptoms of headache and fatigue who, on subsequent work-up , was found to have an ascending...

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Autores principales: Houmsse, Mustafa, McDavid, Asia, Kilic, Ahmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116511
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/jcvtr.2018.18
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author Houmsse, Mustafa
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description An ascending aortic thrombus is a rare source for embolic transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke without an associated aortic pathology. Here we describe a case of a patient who presented with generalized symptoms of headache and fatigue who, on subsequent work-up , was found to have an ascending aortic thrombus with no obvious associated aortic pathology, and was successfully treated with apixaban, a newer direct oral anticoagulant.
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spelling pubmed-60887642018-08-16 Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation Houmsse, Mustafa McDavid, Asia Kilic, Ahmet J Cardiovasc Thorac Res Case Report An ascending aortic thrombus is a rare source for embolic transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke without an associated aortic pathology. Here we describe a case of a patient who presented with generalized symptoms of headache and fatigue who, on subsequent work-up , was found to have an ascending aortic thrombus with no obvious associated aortic pathology, and was successfully treated with apixaban, a newer direct oral anticoagulant. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2018 2018-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6088764/ /pubmed/30116511 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/jcvtr.2018.18 Text en © 2018 The Author(s) This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation
title_full Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation
title_fullStr Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation
title_full_unstemmed Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation
title_short Large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation
title_sort large de novo ascending aortic thrombus successfully treated with anticoagulation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088764/
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