Acute stroke from tumor embolus in a patient with cardiac sarcoma: Aspiration thrombectomy with Penumbra catheter.

Acute stroke from tumor embolus in a patient with cardiac sarcoma: Aspiration thrombectomy with Penumbra catheter. Interv Neuroradiol. 2015 Oct 29; Authors: Byon JH, Kwak HS, Chung GH, Jang KY Abstract The most common primary malignant cardiac tumor is the cardiac sarcoma, which is mesenchymal in origin. This case report describes a patient with hyperacute stroke caused by cardiac sarcoma who underwent rapid recanalization through mechanical aspiration thrombectomy with Penumbra catheter. PMID: 26515698 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Interventional Neuroradiology - October 31, 2015 Category: Radiology Tags: Interv Neuroradiol Source Type: research