Thoracic endovascular aortic repair in a patient with mobile aortic thrombosis.

ABSTRACT: A 58-year-old female presented with acute arterial insufficiency to her left leg. Following cardiovascular evaluation using multimodality imaging, it was discovered that she had mobile thoracic thrombi overlying a normal descending thoracic aorta which had also caused a splenic infarction. This patient was treated with unfractionated heparin for three days and underwent subsequent thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) uneventfully with no subsequent complications at one-year followup. This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in treating patients with this uncommon challenging clinical scenario.

SUBMITTER: Lohrmann GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3971888 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature