Floating thrombus originating from an almost normal thoracic aorta

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 612-615

  Namura, Osamu ^a   Sogawa, Masakazu ^b   Asami, Fuyuki ^a   Okamoto, Takeshi ^a   Hanzawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Hayashi, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Almost normal thoracic aorta; Antithrombotic therapy; Floating thrombus; Thrombectomy; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; FLOATING THROMBUS; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEAL ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80053519284     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-010-0752-2     Document Type: Article

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