Direct oral anticoagulant therapy as an alternative to surgery for the treatment of a patient with a floating thrombus in the ascending aorta and pulmonary embolism

A floating thrombus in the ascending aorta was incidentally discovered in a patient with a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm and a history of alcoholism. The patient developed deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. However, he refused to undergo surgical excision of the thrombus in the asc...

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Main Authors: Masashi Toyama, MD, Masato Nakayama, MD, Masahiko Hasegawa, MD, Takeshi Yuasa, MD, Bunmei Sato, MD, Osamu Ohno, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428718300571