Acute ischemic stroke secondary to cardiac embolus of a 'foreign body' material after a redo sternotomy for mitral valve replacement: A case report. Issue 2 (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fitzgerald, Seán; Rizvi, Asim; Dai, Daying; Williamson, Eric E; Lanzino, Giuseppe; Doyle, Karen M; Kallmes, David F; Brinjikji, Waleed
• Is Part Of: Interventional neuroradiology. Volume 25:Issue 2(2019:Apr.)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 211
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: Acute ischemic stroke -- mechanical embolectomy -- mitral valve repair -- embolic debris -- redo sternotomy; Nervous system -- Interventional radiology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Radiography -- Periodicals; Nervous System Diseases -- Periodicals -- radiography; Neuroradiography -- Periodicals; Radiography, Interventional -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Radiography; Periodicals; 617.4805
• DOI: 10.1177/1591019918810538
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1591-0199

Abstract

Summary: Cardiac surgery has been shown to be associated with increased risk of acute ischemic stroke. This report presents a case of a successful mechanical embolectomy procedure to treat a patient for an acute ischemic stroke, which was caused by the cardiac embolization of a 'foreign body' containing debris following a redo sternotomy procedure for mitral valve replacement and tricuspid valve annuloplasty.