Successful emergency surgery for coexistent acute aortic syndrome and acute carotid artery obstruction Masahiko Ando, MD, Kazuhito Imanaka, MD, Hideaki Yamabi, MD, Hiroshige Sato, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 138, Issue 3, Pages 771-773 (September 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.05.063 Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Chest computed tomographic scan (top) showing adventitial hematoma and a small ulcer with calcification in the posterior wall of the ascending aorta. A duplex scan (bottom) reveals a thrombus in the right internal carotid artery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 771-773DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.05.063) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 An ulcerated penetration in the posterior wall of the ascending aorta (left), and a fresh thrombus that had been preoperatively detected by means of duplex scanning in the right carotid artery (right). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2009 138, 771-773DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.05.063) Copyright © 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions