{"pk":472,"title":"Aortic Thrombus Causing a Hypertensive Emergency","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Thoracic aorta thrombi are a rare condition typically presenting as a source for distal embolization in elderly patients with atherosclerotic risk factors. However, young patients with a variety of presentations resulting from such thrombi have rarely been reported. We describe a case of a young patient with refractory hypertensive emergency caused by a large thoracic aorta thrombus. Investigation was guided by abnormal physical exam findings.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7r3103zv","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kraftin","middle_name":"E.","last_name":"Schreyer","name_suffix":"","institution":"Temple University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\nLewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Jenna","middle_name":"","last_name":"Otter","name_suffix":"","institution":"Temple University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Zachary","middle_name":"","last_name":"Johnston","name_suffix":"","institution":"Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2017-10-18T10:58:43-07:00","date_accepted":"2017-10-18T10:58:43-07:00","date_published":"2017-11-03T12:27:43-07:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/472/galley/236/download/"}]}