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Left ventricular chordae tendinae myxoma causing stroke: A rare finding
Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Jul-Sep;25(3):346-348. doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_19_21.ABSTRACTA 52-year-old woman presented with dysarthria and right-sided weakness in her upper and lower extremities prompting thrombolytic therapy with mild resolution of symptoms. Further work-up revealed (the source) a left ventricular myxoma on the chordae tendinae of the posterior medial papillary muscle, confirmed with transesophageal echocardiography and pathology. Herein, we present a rare case of embolic stroke from a myxoma originating on the chordae tendinae. To the best of our knowledge, the literature on the location and presentation of this...
Source: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia - July 8, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Nicholas Suraci Rebecca Lee Source Type: research
Ischemic Stroke Due to Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia During Severe COVID-19 Infection
Intern Med. 2022 Jul 5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9531-22. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 53-year-old woman with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia was admitted and treated with intravenous unfractionated heparin for thromboprophylaxis under general anesthesia with mechanical ventilation. She developed right hemiparesis after hospitalization due to a large hemorrhagic infarction. Her platelet count decreased from 243,000/μL at administration to 121,000/μL. Anti-platelet factor 4-heparin antibody testing was positive according to a latex immunoturbidimetric assay. She was therefore diagnosed with he...
Source: Internal Medicine - July 6, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Yasutaka Murakami Shuhei Okazaki Makoto Yamamoto Rei Sakurai Jyunki Jinno Tatsuhiko Ozono Kensuke Ikenaka Yasufumi Gon Kenichi Todo Tsutomu Sasaki Haruhiko Hirata Akinori Uchiyama Hideki Mochizuki Source Type: research
