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01-07-2021 | CT Angiography | Letter to the Editor

Cerebral infarction associated with multiple aortic thrombi and a hypercoagulable state

Authors: Ho Geol Woo, Tae-Jin Song

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 7/2021

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Atherosclerosis of the aortic artery is an important cause of embolic stroke from a non-cardiac source. Embolic stroke due to aortic thrombus without atherosclerosis is uncommon. A study of 27,855 patients with recent arterial embolic events included only 23 cases (0.08%) of aortic thrombus without atherosclerosis [1]. Several aortic thrombus cases without atherosclerosis caused by coagulopathy associated with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) have been reported. There have been no reports of multiple aortic thrombi without atherosclerosis caused by coagulopathy associated with severe IDA. However, we report such a case herein. …

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Title: Cerebral infarction associated with multiple aortic thrombi and a hypercoagulable state
Authors: Ho Geol Woo
Tae-Jin Song
Publication date: 01-07-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: CT Angiography
Arterial Occlusive Disease
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Menorrhagia
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 7/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05151-z

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