Key result
Protruding thoracic aortic atheromas are linked to acute embolic stroke after coronary catheterization.
Why the study?
Protruding floating atheromas of the thoracic aorta may place patients at risk for acute embolic stroke immediately after coronary catheterization.
Case Report (n=2)
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May signal periprocedural stroke risk from aortic atheromas; leaves open whether pre-catheterization imaging screening improves outcomes.
We describe two patients who developed acute embolic stroke immediately after coronary catheterization for unstable angina. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and spiral CT of the chest revealed protruding floating atheromas within the aortic arch. These cases of stroke immediately after coronary catheterization suggest that protruding floating atheromas of the thoracic aorta place patients at risk for stroke. TEE or CT might predict a risk of stroke in such patients.
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Shmuely et al. (1997) conducted a case report in Unstable angina (n=2). Protruding floating atheromas of the thoracic aorta during coronary catheterization was evaluated on Acute embolic stroke. Protruding floating atheromas of the thoracic aorta were associated with acute embolic stroke immediately after coronary catheterization in two patients.
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