Surgical treatment of a large, highly mobile atheroma in the ascending aorta

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Oct;48(5):302-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2000-7873.

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman diagnosed with chronic renal failure requiring homodialysis, and Behçet's disease was found, during a regular examination, having a large protruding mobile atheroma in the ascending aorta by transthoracic echocardiography. We performed surgery to remove the atheroma and localized debridement using moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest to prevent future stroke and embolism. She had an uneventful postoperative course.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery*
  • Arteriosclerosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriosclerosis / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ultrasonography