title: Life-threatening aortic thrombosis in a trauma patient homozygous for factor V Leiden mutation: Case report.
abstract: We report a case of near fatal aortic thrombosis in a trauma patient homozygous for mutation of Factor V Leiden. He responded well to vascular surgery and intensive care unit management and was discharged successfully from the hospital one month later.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Critical Care Department, Athens University School of Medicine - "Attiko" University Hospital, 1 Rimini Str,, Haidari - Athens, 12462, Greece. gtsaknis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Iraklis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsangaris
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsaknis
authors.forename: Argirios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsantes
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kopterides
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Armaganidis