title: [Thrombosis of the ascending aorta--a rare cause for recurrent arterial embolism].
abstract: A 41-year-old man suffered 3 episodes of transitory left leg ischemia before he was admitted with right brachial artery embolism. The diagnostic evaluation (i/v DSA, CT Scan) revealed a mass in the ascending aorta which was removed under hypothermic cardiocirculatory arrest. Histologically the mass was shown to be a thrombus adjacent to a arteriosclerotic plaque.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Kantonsspital Luzern.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leupi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D012008:Recurrence; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates
vernacular_title: Thrombus in der Aorta ascendens--seltene Ursache für rezidivierende arterielle Embolien.