Bersano, Anna and Melchiorre, Patrizia and Moschwitis, Giorgio and Tavarini, Francesca and Cereda, Carlo and Micieli, Giuseppe and Parati, Eugenio and Bassetti, Claudio (2014) Tako-tsubo syndrome as a consequence and cause of stroke. Functional Neurology, 29 (2). pp. 135-137. ISSN 1971-3274
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Abstract
Since tako-tsubo syndrome (TS) frequently appears soon after stroke (usually stroke involving the insular cortex), it is believed to be a consequence rather than a cause of stroke. Herein, we describe a 70-year-old woman presenting with a left middle cerebral artery stroke (involving the insular cortex) who developed a further contralateral ischemic stroke with concomitant detection of a transient intracardiac mural thrombus attributable to TS. It can reasonably be maintained that that in our patient insular stroke triggered the TS, which in turn became the embolic cause of a further stroke. Given the association between TS and the risk of embolic stroke, congestive heart failure and sudden death, stroke physicians need to promptly detect and appropriately manage this condition.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cardioembolic, insular stroke, stroke, stroke cause, Tako-tsubo syndrome |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2015 15:57 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2015 15:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/11140 |
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