Transient atrial fibrillation associated with ischemic pontine stroke. Case report.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and other cardiac arrhythmias may occur after stroke in absence of cardiac disease. We report a case of pontine ischemic stroke with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation of spontaneous resolution. Cardiac investigations were normal. We propose that the AF was the consequence of the stroke.
Manto
M
M
Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Civil de Charleroi.
Lalemand
J
J
Dubois
P
P
Badot
V
V
Koulischer
D
D
Jacquy
J
J
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply*