Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cerebral arterial embolism from a protruding atheroma of the aortic arch after a nonpenetrating chest trauma

Circulation. 1999 Aug 31;100(9):1009-10. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.100.9.1009.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / complications*
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*