Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation

Cardioembolic stroke in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) patient is rare despite a higher incidence of thromboembolic events. We report a case of acute right middle cerebral artery territory cardioembolic stroke in a postpartum female as the initial presenting feature of PPCM. The pat...

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Autores principales: Nasa, Prashant, Mortada, Mohamed, Ali, Alaeldin, Malhotra, Vickrant, Koul, Kandy, Singh, Aanchal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33603310
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23708
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author Nasa, Prashant
Mortada, Mohamed
Ali, Alaeldin
Malhotra, Vickrant
Koul, Kandy
Singh, Aanchal
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description Cardioembolic stroke in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) patient is rare despite a higher incidence of thromboembolic events. We report a case of acute right middle cerebral artery territory cardioembolic stroke in a postpartum female as the initial presenting feature of PPCM. The patient was thrombolyzed with intravenous alteplase and had an almost complete neurological recovery. How to cite this article: Nasa P, Mortada M, Ali A, Malhotra V, Koul K, Singh A. Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(1):97–99.
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spelling pubmed-78742822021-02-17 Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation Nasa, Prashant Mortada, Mohamed Ali, Alaeldin Malhotra, Vickrant Koul, Kandy Singh, Aanchal Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Cardioembolic stroke in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) patient is rare despite a higher incidence of thromboembolic events. We report a case of acute right middle cerebral artery territory cardioembolic stroke in a postpartum female as the initial presenting feature of PPCM. The patient was thrombolyzed with intravenous alteplase and had an almost complete neurological recovery. How to cite this article: Nasa P, Mortada M, Ali A, Malhotra V, Koul K, Singh A. Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(1):97–99. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7874282/ /pubmed/33603310 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23708 Text en Copyright © 2021; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. © Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. 2021 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation
title_full Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation
title_fullStr Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation
title_short Cardioembolic Stroke with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Presentation
title_sort cardioembolic stroke with peripartum cardiomyopathy: an unusual presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874282/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23708
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