European Heart Journal · 1993 · 20 citations · 0 references
MedicineCardiologyInternal MedicineCardiothoracic SurgeryClinical CardiologyAcute Coronary SyndromesAortic DiseaseCardiovascular DiseaseIschemic Heart DiseaseMyocardial Infarction ComplicationsThrombosisAcute Myocardial Infarction DiagnosisAscending Aorta ImagingIntracardiac EchocardiographyMural Thrombus
A young woman is described with acute inferior myocardial infarction due to a thrombus in the ascending aorta. The aetiology, the role of risk factors, the diagnostic value of transoesophageal echocardiography and angiography, and therapy, are discussed.