A Case Report of Stroke in a Woman with Paradoxical Embolism Associated with Ebstein\'s Anomaly
Introduction: Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare congenital malformation of the tricuspid valve, often associated with PFO, which is present in 80-90% of patients & predisposes to para-doxical embolization. Case Report: The case described was a 30 year old female, in the post partum phase, (t...
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Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
2014-06-01
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| Series: | پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا |
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| Online Access: | http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-107-en.html |
| Summary: | Introduction: Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare congenital malformation of the tricuspid valve, often associated with PFO, which is present in 80-90% of patients & predisposes to para-doxical embolization. Case Report: The case described was a 30 year old female, in the post partum phase, (ten days after normal vaginal delivery) who was presented to the emergency department with seizure & Rt sided hemiplegia & aphasia. On brain computed tomography scan there was large in-farct of Lt sided hemisphere in fronto temporopartial, and her brain MRI subsequently con-firmed the infarct. Laboratory tests including coagulation study & infectious tests were nor-mal. But electrocardiogram showed AG block grade I. Trans thoracic and Trans esophageal echocardiography revealed Ebstein's anomaly. Dynamic cardiac MRI showed severe tricus-pid regurgitation due to sown ward displacement of tricuspid valve to apical heart associated with patent foramen oral & ASD (Ejection fraction of right chamber was normal and no evi-dence of clot). Conclusion: After ruling out the other diagnoses, paradoxical emboli was considered as the cause leading to the stroke in this case. |
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| ISSN: | 2588-722X 2588-7238 |