Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cerebral arterial embolism from a protruding atheroma of the aortic arch after a nonpenetrating chest trauma.
Corti
R
R
Divisions of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Alerci
M
M
Tosi
C
C
Tutta
P
P
Hany
T
T
Gallino
A
A
D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*