Freedberg R S, Tunick P A, Kronzon I
Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 Aug;11(8):826-8. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(98)70058-6.
Since they were first described in 1990, there has been great interest in protruding atheromas in the aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta as an important source of stroke and other embolic phenomena. This report describes a patient with severe protruding aortic atheromas who died of documented embolic phenomena, in whom actual emboli in transit were seen for the first time during transesophageal echocardiography of the aorta.
自1990年首次被描述以来，主动脉弓和胸降主动脉的突出动脉粥样硬化斑块作为中风和其他栓塞现象的重要来源一直备受关注。本报告描述了一名患有严重突出主动脉粥样硬化斑块的患者，该患者死于已证实的栓塞现象，在对其进行主动脉经食管超声心动图检查时首次发现了正在形成的实际栓子。
