Recurrent cryptogenic stroke in young adult linked to congenital left ventricular diverticulum.

نویسندگان

  • Nicolas Gaillard
  • Frederic Targosz
  • Jean Louis Bertrand
  • Denis Sablot
  • Zoubir Mourad Bensalah
چکیده

A 47-year-old man had an acute ischemic stroke (IS); brain MRI revealed multiple silent old IS (figure 1A). A comprehensive workup, including prolonged cardiac monitoring (cumulated duration of 25 days) and cardiac transthoracic/transesophageal echography, was negative. Eleven months later, despite statin and aspirin therapy, a new symptomatic embolic IS of undetermined source occurred (figure 1B). Cardiac MRI revealed a left apical dyskinetic saccular evagination (figure 2, A–C) consistent with a congenital left ventricular diverticulum Figure 1 Brain MRI showing both recurrent acute symptomatic and silent old infarctions within multiple territories

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neurology

دوره 87 20  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016