title: Resection of a thrombus floating in the aortic arch.
abstract: A 42-year-old patient had resection of two thrombi floating in the aorta under circulatory arrest. Atherosclerotic plaques in the isthmus and in the descending thoracic aorta predisposed the patient to thrombus formation. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was used to guide the surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochalski
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*