An Unusual Cause of Stroke: A “Forgotten” Intracardiac Catheter Discovered After 48 Years

A 48-year-old man with recurrent cerebral ischemic events underwent transesophageal echocardiography to investigate cardioembolic sources because transthoracic echocardiography had spotted a dubious filamentous mass on the mitral valve. A venous umbilical catheter, lost during the hospital stay afte...

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Autores principales: Fiore, Giorgio, Stella, Stefano, Conversano, Andrea, Agricola, Eustachio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9871056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36704064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.10.006
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author Fiore, Giorgio
Stella, Stefano
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description A 48-year-old man with recurrent cerebral ischemic events underwent transesophageal echocardiography to investigate cardioembolic sources because transthoracic echocardiography had spotted a dubious filamentous mass on the mitral valve. A venous umbilical catheter, lost during the hospital stay after his birth, was surprisingly identified in his cardiac chambers. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-98710562023-01-25 An Unusual Cause of Stroke: A “Forgotten” Intracardiac Catheter Discovered After 48 Years Fiore, Giorgio Stella, Stefano Conversano, Andrea Agricola, Eustachio JACC Case Rep Case Report A 48-year-old man with recurrent cerebral ischemic events underwent transesophageal echocardiography to investigate cardioembolic sources because transthoracic echocardiography had spotted a dubious filamentous mass on the mitral valve. A venous umbilical catheter, lost during the hospital stay after his birth, was surprisingly identified in his cardiac chambers. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9871056/ /pubmed/36704064 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.10.006 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_sort unusual cause of stroke: a “forgotten” intracardiac catheter discovered after 48 years
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