title: Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic floating thrombus in patients presenting with acute lower limb ischemia.
abstract: We report two cases of descending thoracic aorta floating thrombus treated with Bolton Relay thoracic free-flow stent graft. The patients had symptoms of lower limb ischemia; they underwent preoperative angiography and CTscan, then we proceeded with endovascular exclusion of the thrombus from the systemic circulation. At 12 months, the graft was still patent in both patients, without any signs of endoleak.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Milan and San Donato Polyclinic IRCCS, 20097 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Nano
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giovanni
authors.forename: Mazzaccaro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniela
authors.forename: Malacrida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovanni
authors.forename: Occhiuto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maria Teresa
authors.forename: Stegher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silvia
authors.forename: Foresti
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Davide
authors.forename: Tealdi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Domenico Giuseppe