title: Recurrent embolism caused by floating thrombus originating from the ligamentum arteriosum.
abstract: Few patients with an embolism derived from apparently normal thoracic aorta with no other disease have been reported. We were presented with a case of a floating thrombus originating from the ligamentum arteriosum that caused multiple embolic episodes in the bilateral common iliac and superior mesenteric arteries. From our findings, we recommend a surgical approach for a floating thrombus in the aorta to prevent further embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. h-yasu@f4.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morota
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology