High risk for vascular events in patients with protruding aortic atheromas: A prospective study

The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the risk of vascular events in patients with protruding aortic atheromas.Protruding atheromas of the thoracic aorta have been shown to be associated with embolic disease in previous retrospective studies.During a 1-year period, 521 patients had transesophageal echocardiography. Of these, 42 patients had protruding atheromas and no other source of emboli. They were followed up for up to 2...