Upper Extremity Ischemia Complicating Ulcerative Plaque in Descending Aorta

Aliasghar Moeinipour; Mohamad Abbassi Teshnisi; Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi; Ahmadreza Zarifian; Yasamin Moeinipour; Babak Manafi; Hamid Hoseinikh

doi:10.22038/jctm.2017.7952

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine (Dec 2017)

Upper Extremity Ischemia Complicating Ulcerative Plaque in Descending Aorta

Aliasghar Moeinipour,
Mohamad Abbassi Teshnisi,
Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi,
Ahmadreza Zarifian,
Yasamin Moeinipour,
Babak Manafi,
Hamid Hoseinikh

Affiliations

Aliasghar Moeinipour: Cardiac Surgean, Department of cardiac surgery, Atherosclerosis Prevention Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Mohamad Abbassi Teshnisi: Cardiac Surgean, Department of cardiac surgery, Atherosclerosis Prevention Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi: Medical student ,Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Ahmadreza Zarifian: Medical student ,Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Yasamin Moeinipour: Medical student ,Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Babak Manafi: Cardiac Surgeon, Department of cardiac surgery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Hamid Hoseinikh: Cardiac Surgeon, Department of cardiac surgery, Atherosclerosis Prevention Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22038/jctm.2017.7952
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 238 – 240

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A 54-year-old female patient was presented with upper extremity ischemia. Further investigation revealed ulcerated atherosclerosis plaque in aorta with intramural hematoma and clot formation. The subject underwent a successful surgical resection of mass with the assistance of cardiopulmonary bypass and total circulatory arrest.

Published in Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine

ISSN: 2345-2447 (Print); 2322-5750 (Online)
Publisher: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://jctm.mums.ac.ir/

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