A case of right middle cerebral artery 'tendonectomy' following mitral valve replacement surgery.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012951.rep.
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Abstract
Following mechanical mitral valve replacement surgery, a 69-year-old woman had an ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery territory. Mechanical thrombectomy showed the embolus to be a piece of chordae tendineae excised during the valve replacement surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Ischemia
- Chordae Tendineae
- Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
- Middle Cerebral Artery
- Mitral Valve Insufficiency
- Stroke