title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in an embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Military Hospital, Pune.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dugal
authors.forename: Harminder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Charanjit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jetley
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sofat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahadur
mesh_terms: 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