Authors: Eric L Wallace Susan S Smyth
Publish Date: 2012/06/10
Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 548-551
Abstract
Cardiac complications following stroke or acute cerebrovascular accidents CVA are common however many of these complications are asymptomatic and do not cause adverse cardiac effects Symptomatic events such as acute myocardial infarction after CVA rarely occur and are often the result of an underlying cardiac embolic source such as a left ventricular thrombus We report a case of spontaneous coronary thrombosis following thrombolytic therapy for acute CVA and discuss the implication that an underlying systemic prothrombotic state may predispose individuals to thrombosis in disparate vascular bedsThe authors wish to thank Susan Quick for outstanding editorial support This work was supported by the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences National Institutes of Health through Grant 1UL1RR033173 The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH This work was also supported by resources and/or the use of facilities at the Lexington VA Medical Center
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