%0 Journal Article
%T Surgical management of a free
%A Alfonso Campanile
%A Angelo Cagini
%A Claudio Cavallini
%A Gino Di Manici
%A Mariagrazia Sardone
%A Stefano Pasquino
%J Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
%@ 1816-5370
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0218492318804956
%X The ascending aorta is an uncommon site of noninfective thrombus. We describe the case of a 63-year-old woman who was admitted to our department with acute myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed occlusion of a small diagonal vessel, likely related to a distal embolization event. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a free-floating mass in the proximal ascending aorta. Two-and 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography studies were performed, and after a multidisciplinary heart team discussion, surgical removal of the mass was planned and successfully performed through a median sternotomy on cardiopulmonary bypass
%K Aorta
%K Aortic diseases
%K Echocardiography
%K transesophageal
%K Thrombectomy
%K Thrombosis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0218492318804956