Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in an embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion.
A young lady developed left middle cerebral artery embolism after percutaneous transseptal mitral commissurotomy. She was successfully treated with immediate percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. There was complete recovery of neurological deficit.
Dugal
J S
JS
Department of Cardiology, Military Hospital, Pune.
Singh
Harminder
H
Singh
Charanjit
C
Jetley
V
V
Aggarwal
N
N
Sofat
S
S
Bahadur
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery