[Ischemic strokes: Is it mandatory to rule out aortic thrombosis?]

نویسندگان

  • Leydimar Anmad Shihadeh
  • Diego Fernández-Rodríguez
  • Antonio Trugeda-Padilla
  • Julio Hernández-Afonso
چکیده

La ateromatosis aórtica es un factor predictor de recurrencia de accidentes cerebrovasculares, especialmente en presencia de placas de gran tamaño o complicadas. Sin embargo, su influencia en la génesis de los ictus isquémicos está infraestimada1,2, probablemente debido al escaso porcentaje de pacientes que son sometidos a procedimientos diagnósticos que evalúen la aorta en la práctica habitual2. A continuación presentamos un caso de ictus isquémico, en el que un estudio exhaustivo condujo al diagnóstico de una trombosis masiva del arco aórtico. Una mujer de 77 años hipertensa, diabética, dislipidémica y con antecedentes de ictus isquémicos de repetición ingresó en nuestra institución por hemiparesia izquierda de tiempo de evolución incierto. La tomografía computarizada craneal objetivó un área hipodensa parietal derecha sugestiva de ictus isquémico (fig. 1). Dado el tiempo de evolución

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico

دوره 87 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017