Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations

Concomitant acute myocardial infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular accidents has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report, we are describing a 48 year old male patient who presented with acute infero-posterior and right ventricular transmural myocardial infarction followed within one...

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Autores principales: Omar, Hesham R, Fathy, Ahmed, Rashad, Rania, Helal, Engy
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-3-25
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author Omar, Hesham R
Fathy, Ahmed
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Helal, Engy
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description Concomitant acute myocardial infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular accidents has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report, we are describing a 48 year old male patient who presented with acute infero-posterior and right ventricular transmural myocardial infarction followed within one hour with massive cerebral infarction and deep coma. The patient succumbed to cardiogenic shock and fatal ventricular arrhythmias resistant to aggressive resuscitative efforts. This association can best be described as "cardio-cerebral infarction". The authors suggest that there exist a possible relationship between both pathologies rather than being just a mere coincidence. Explanations for this association are thoroughly explored and discussed. Early recognition of such cases is important and determines the patient's further management and prognosis. This report aims to sensitize readers to this rare and critical scenario and highlights the necessity of further research for the ideal management of this situation.
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spelling pubmed-29746682010-11-06 Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations Omar, Hesham R Fathy, Ahmed Rashad, Rania Helal, Engy Int Arch Med Case Report Concomitant acute myocardial infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular accidents has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report, we are describing a 48 year old male patient who presented with acute infero-posterior and right ventricular transmural myocardial infarction followed within one hour with massive cerebral infarction and deep coma. The patient succumbed to cardiogenic shock and fatal ventricular arrhythmias resistant to aggressive resuscitative efforts. This association can best be described as "cardio-cerebral infarction". The authors suggest that there exist a possible relationship between both pathologies rather than being just a mere coincidence. Explanations for this association are thoroughly explored and discussed. Early recognition of such cases is important and determines the patient's further management and prognosis. This report aims to sensitize readers to this rare and critical scenario and highlights the necessity of further research for the ideal management of this situation. BioMed Central 2010-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2974668/ /pubmed/20977759 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-3-25 Text en Copyright ©2010 Omar et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Omar, Hesham R
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Helal, Engy
Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
title Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
title_full Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
title_fullStr Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
title_full_unstemmed Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
title_short Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
title_sort concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular stroke; possible explanations
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-3-25
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