[Thrombus in the thoracic aorta as cause of peripheral embolism diagnosed using transesophageal echocardiography].
The authors report the cases of two patients, with no risk factors for thromboembolism, in whom a mobile thrombus of the thoracic aorta was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography, after an episode of systemic embolism. The outcomes of the two cases were very different. In one patient the thrombus was no longer present after anticoagulant treatment with no recurrent embolic event. The other patient had a new embolic event and the thrombus persisted while having anticoagulant therapy. This patient underwent surgery, and the thrombus was removed. These cases illustrate the value of transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of embolic source.
Laraudogoitia
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Servicios de Cardiología, Hospital de Galdakao, Bizkaia.
Evangelista
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García del Castillo
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Lekuona
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Palomar
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González-Alujas
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Salcedo
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Trombo en aorta torácica como causa de embolismo periférico diagnosticado por ecocardiografía transesofágica.