Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 271-273
Stuck Mitral Valve Thrombosis Presenting as Embolic Stroke Following Thrombolysis- A Case Report
Uthaya Sankar M. K1, Rangarajan D.V2, Louis Ferdin Zeno. J3
1Professor and Unit chief, 2,3Postgraduate residents Department of General Medicine, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry 605107, India
Corresponding Author: Uthaya Sankar M. K
ABSTRACT
Prosthetic valve thrombosis is one of the major causes of primary valve failure, which can be life-threatening. Although surgery is the first-line treatment modality in symptomatic Prosthetic valve thrombosis, thrombolytic therapy has recently evolved as an effective substitute to surgery. Cerebral embolism can occur in 5-6% of left sided valve thrombus and this is a case of Prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis presenting as Acute ischaemic stroke after Thrombolysis due to Thromboembolism.
Keywords: Prosthetic valve Thrombosis, Thrombo-embolism, Acute Ischaemic Stroke.
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