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Published on: October 20, 2017
Surgical management of a free-floating thrombus in the ascending aorta
Alfonso Campanile1, Mariagrazia Sardone1, Stefano Pasquino2
11 Department of Cardiology, Hospital S.M. della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy.
Abstract:
The ascending aorta is an uncommon site of noninfective thrombus. We describe the case of a 63-year-old woman who was admitted to our department with acute myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed occlusion of a small diagonal vessel, likely related to a distal embolization event. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a free-floating mass in the proximal ascending aorta. Two-and 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography studies were performed, and after a multidisciplinary heart team discussion, surgical removal of the mass was planned and successfully performed through a median sternotomy on cardiopulmonary bypass.
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