Ischemic Stroke in a Young Patient Heralding a Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy

Strokes in young patients may be the clinical expression of many complex and extremely rare diseases. Uncommon causes constitute less than 5% of all strokes, but are present in 30% of strokes in young patients. We report the case of a young woman whose ischemic stroke led to the diagnosis of a rare...

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Autores principales: Lestienne, Fanny, Bruno, Chiara, Bertora, David, Benoit, Jeanne, Mahagne, Marie-Hélène, Suissa, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479957
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Sumario:Strokes in young patients may be the clinical expression of many complex and extremely rare diseases. Uncommon causes constitute less than 5% of all strokes, but are present in 30% of strokes in young patients. We report the case of a young woman whose ischemic stroke led to the diagnosis of a rare embolic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy, requiring a heart transplant.

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