title: Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cerebral arterial embolism from a protruding atheroma of the aortic arch after a nonpenetrating chest trauma.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alerci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tutta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hany
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallino
mesh_terms: 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*