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Basement flooding causing cardioembolic stroke due to Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy
O Preische, M Varga, J Erharhaghen, A Melms, F Asmus · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2009 · Heft 10
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Background: Cardioembolic stroke is among the most common causes of ischemic stroke with an incidence of about 20%. Recently, a concept of stress-induced cardiomyopathy has been proposed – Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). Here we present the neurological and cardiological features of a patient who developed ischemic stroke after flooding of her houses' basement due to heavy rain. Case presentation: A 68 year old woman presented with acute rightsided hemiparesis, hemihypoesthesia and aphasia. She reported the flooding of her basement due to heay rain three days ago, an extremely stressful event acutely inducing c…
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Acute Coronary Syndrome
Angiography
Chest Pain
Depression
Diffusion
Aphasia
Anomia
Motion
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