title: Acute thoracic aortic thrombosis after intra-aortic balloon pumping.
abstract: We present two transesophageal echocardiographic images of a patient with acute myocardial infarction, demonstrating a large thrombus attached to the thoracic aortic wall, considered to be a complication of intra-aortic balloon pumping. The patient had received the device because of hemodynamic instability due to an infarct-related ventricular septal defect. Clinical manifestations which led to the diagnosis of thromboembolism were abdominal pain and deterioration of renal function, without signs of limb ischemia.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Constadina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aggeli
authors.forename: Vassilis I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Barberis
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vlachopoulos
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*