A rare case of cryptogenic stroke with an incidental finding of patent foramen ovale.
dc.contributor.author | Anglim, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Maher, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Cunningham, O | |
dc.contributor.author | Mulcahy, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Harbison, J | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Connell, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-08T09:22:26Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-08T09:22:26Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2015-03 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | A rare case of cryptogenic stroke with an incidental finding of patent foramen ovale. 2015, 108 (3):92 Ir Med J | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0332-3102 | en |
dc.identifier.pmid | 25876305 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/559204 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Patent foramen ovale (PFO) occurs in 25-30% of the general population. Stroke in the puerperium is a rare phenomenon, 34 per 100,000 women. A 32 year old lady, Para3+2 presented eight days postnatally with symptoms of a transient episode of left sided facial and limb parathesia and dysphasia. She had a CT brain which was normal, however a subsequent MRI brain showed a small right parietal lobe infarct. An echocardiogram was performed which showed a small PFO, with an ejection fraction of 60-65%. A bubble study was performed which was positive with valsalva. She was started on aspirin 300mg once daily for 2 weeks, and shall remain on life-long aspirin 75mg. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Irish Medical Journal | en |
dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Irish medical journal | en |
dc.subject | STROKE AND TIA | en |
dc.subject | POSTPARTUM | en |
dc.subject | ANTICOAGULANTS | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Aspirin | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Brain Infarction | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Foramen Ovale, Patent | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Incidental Findings | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Parietal Lobe | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Puerperal Disorders | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Treatment Outcome | en |
dc.title | A rare case of cryptogenic stroke with an incidental finding of patent foramen ovale. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Irish medical journal | en |
dc.description.funding | No funding | en |
dc.description.province | Leinster | en |
dc.description.peer-review | peer-review | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-26T22:39:23Z | |
html.description.abstract | Patent foramen ovale (PFO) occurs in 25-30% of the general population. Stroke in the puerperium is a rare phenomenon, 34 per 100,000 women. A 32 year old lady, Para3+2 presented eight days postnatally with symptoms of a transient episode of left sided facial and limb parathesia and dysphasia. She had a CT brain which was normal, however a subsequent MRI brain showed a small right parietal lobe infarct. An echocardiogram was performed which showed a small PFO, with an ejection fraction of 60-65%. A bubble study was performed which was positive with valsalva. She was started on aspirin 300mg once daily for 2 weeks, and shall remain on life-long aspirin 75mg. |