JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2020)

Vacuuming in Crowded Dangerous Spaces

  • Tiberio Michele Frisoli, MD,
  • Chak-yu So, MBChB,
  • Jayakar G. Guruswamy, MD,
  • Alex Bou Chebl, MD,
  • James C. Lee, MD,
  • Marvin H. Eng, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 12
pp. 1979 – 1983

Abstract

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A patient had a stroke caused by a large, pedunculated aortic ascending mass and was deemed at high risk for near-term recurrent stroke. This case illustrates percutaneous aspiration thrombectomy of ascending aortic thrombus with the AngioVac system (Angiodynamics, Latham, New York), with conscious sedation for early stroke detection and with endovascular cerebral embolic protection. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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