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Transoesophageal echocardiography for the identification of a giant aortic thrombus
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A 76 year old man presented with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and signs of lower right limb ischaemia. The patient had no previous medical history but smoked cigarettes. The ECG and transthoracic echocardiography showed no significant abnormality. Computerised tomography of his abdomen demonstrated multiple renal and splenic infarcts. The patient underwent …