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Aortic thrombectomy and anticoagulation successfully treat 3 patients with peripheral emboli from giant descending aortic thrombi.
Aortic thrombectomy combined with long-term anticoagulation can be a successful treatment strategy for patients with giant descending aortic thrombi presenting with peripheral emboli.
May support thrombectomy plus anticoagulation for giant aortic thrombi with emboli; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
With the advent of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), giant thrombi of the descending aorta are becoming increasingly recognized as possible sources of peripheral emboli. This report describes the management of three patients presenting with multiple unexplained peripheral emboli. All three patients were treated successfully with aortic thrombectomy and long-term anticoagulation.
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Modi et al. (2005) studied this question. Aortic thrombectomy and long-term anticoagulation successfully treated three patients with multiple unexplained peripheral emboli originating from giant descending aortic thrombi.
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