BACKGROUND Abdominal aortic mural thrombus is uncommon in the absence of aneurysm or atherosclerosis. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 46-year-old man who presented to our institution with perforated appendicitis for which he initially declined surgery. Four days after admission he ultimately consented to appendectomy and abdominal washout. Follow-up imaging to evaluate for intra-abdominal...

Thrombus is a distinctive histo-pathological feature of patients presenting with STelevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and constitutes an adverse finding that significantly affects interventional management. Characterization and quantification of coronary thrombi have been a challenge since the beginning of thrombolysis era. Almost 20 years ago, the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TI...

Acute cardiovascular events that usually involve thrombus formation at sites of disrupted atherosclerotic plaques are currently described as atherothrombosis. Thrombosis is a major complication of atherosclerosis and also a rare but serious complication after stent implantation. However, it does not always result in complete thrombotic occlusion with subsequent acute symptomatic events (1). The...

Left upper lobectomy may be followed by complications such as thrombus formation in a stump of the left superior pulmonary vein (LSPV), which may cause systemic embolization. We have encountered four such cases, which account for 3.4% of all left upper lobectomies performed at our institution. Right renal infarction was observed in one of these four cases; the remaining cases were asymptomatic,...

Rheumatic heart disease with moderate mitral stenosis and a large left atrial (LA) thrombus was diagnosed in a 45-year-old woman at a peripheral hospital. Oral anticoagulation was administered, and the patient was referred for further management. During the intervening period, sudden worsening of dyspnea developed in the patient and a repeat echocardiogram revealed a large thrombus freely vacil...

In this study, the authors hypothesized that in acute ischemic strokes, more permeable intracranial arterial thrombi (as opposed to less permeable thrombi) could be associated with better clinical outcomes and improved response to intra-arterial therapy. The authors examined the attenuation increase on computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and void fraction, using combination of noncontrast co...

In this study, the authors hypothesized that in acute ischemic strokes, more permeable intracranial arterial thrombi (as opposed to less permeable thrombi) could be associated with better clinical outcomes and improved response to intra-arterial therapy. The authors examined the attenuation increase on computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and void fraction, using combination of noncontrast co...

Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of thrombus-containing lesions are associated with increased risk of complications such as distal coronary embolisation and impaired coronary circulation. Although the use of thrombectomy devices to aspirate thrombus during primary PCI is currently not routinely recommended, there is growing evidence suggesting the use of thrombus aspiration catheters d...