Ischemic stroke secondary to self-inflicted carotid sinus massage: a case report

BACKGROUND: The risk of stroke after carotid sinus massage is greater if there is preexisting carotid stenosis or carotid plaques. We present the case of a patient with underlying 40% carotid stenosis, who developed a watershed stroke after a self-neck massage in our stroke unit. We show a well-docu...

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Autores principales: Lopez-Navarro, Edgar R., Greif, Götz, Haensch, Carl-Albrecht, Ringelstein, Adrian, Larbig, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33618738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02680-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33618738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02680-1

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