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Endovascular Therapy for Symptomatic Mobile Thrombus of Infrarenal Abdominal Aorta

Departments of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Robert Steppacher, MD

Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Michael J. Rohrer, MD

Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, Tennessee

Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, FACS, RVT

Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, eslamim{at}ummhc.org

Mobile thrombus is a rare cause of distal arterial embolization. We report 2 cases of mobile thrombus of the abdominal aorta leading to distal embolization. Both patients were successfully treated with endovascular exclusion of the thrombus and distal embolectomy. Endovascular exclusion of a mobile thrombus of the abdominal aorta is a significantly less invasive alternative to open abdominal aorta thrombectomy.

Key Words: mobile thrombus • infrarenal aorta • endovascular repair

This version was published on October 1, 2009

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 43, No. 5, 518-523 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1538574409334823


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