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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on June 16, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen193
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Complicated course consequences of a floating thrombus in ascending aorta

Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Farideh Roshanali* and Armin Kocharian

Day General Hospital, Vali Asr Avenue, Tavanir street, Tehran 14466, Iran

Received 12 April 2008; accepted after revision 30 May 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +98 912 3093151; fax: +98 21 88797353.E-mail address: farideh_roshanali{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

The ascending aorta may be the site of origin of systemic embolization of an unidentifiable cause. We report a case in which a free-floating thrombus of an unknown cause was detected in the ascending aorta via transesophageal echocardiography. The removal of this pedunculated thrombus, which was attached onto a macroscopically and histologically mildly atherosclerotic aortic wall, led to an uneventful recovery for the patient.

Keywords: Aortic root; Thrombosis; Embolism


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