Free-floating thrombus in the right common carotid artery.
We report the case with type A acute aortic dissection that vascular echo disclosed a free-floating thrombus in the right common carotid artery.
Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, 5-3-1 Chikami, Kumamoto, Japan. eiji-taguchi@saiseikaikumamoto.jp
Eiji
E
Taguchi
Kazuhiro
K
Nishigami
Takihiro
T
Kamio
Takashi
T
Honda
Koichi
K
Nakao
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001011:Aorta; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001344:Autopsy; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography