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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques

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Symptomatic thoracic aorta mural thrombus.

Graham Roche-Nagle¹, Douglas Wooster, George Oreopoulos

¹Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. grnagle@rcsi.ie

|February 4, 2010

Summary

Mural aortic arch thrombosis, typically seen in older adults with atherosclerosis, is rarely reported in young patients. This case highlights a young, hypercoagulable individual with arterial embolism and an unusual aortic arch thrombus.

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Cardiovascular Medicine
Vascular Surgery
Hematology

Background:

Mural aortic arch thrombosis is typically linked to atherosclerosis and elderly individuals.
Aortic arch thrombi in young patients without atherosclerosis are infrequently documented.

Observation:

A young patient presented with arterial embolism.
Investigations revealed a mural, pedunculated aortic arch thrombosis.
The patient had a hypercoagulable state but no clear atherosclerotic lesions.

Findings:

This case presents a rare instance of aortic arch thrombosis in a young patient.
The thrombosis was pedunculated and mural, not diffuse atherosclerotic.

Implications:

Suggests hypercoagulable states as a potential cause of aortic arch thrombosis in younger populations.
Highlights the need for thorough coagulation assessment in young patients with unexplained arterial embolism.
Challenges the traditional association of aortic arch thrombosis solely with atherosclerosis.