Hemorrhagic stroke in a child with low total serum cholesterol and a pulsatile left ventricular assist device.
Low serum cholesterol has long been associated with hemorrhagic stroke even though the mechanism for this association has yet to be elucidated. The association of low serum cholesterol with hemorrhagic stroke has been described thus far only in adult studies. There have been no reports of this association in children. We present a case of a hemorrhagic stroke that occurred in a 6-year-old, severely malnourished child who had just received augmentation of cardiac output with a pulsatile left ventricular assist device.
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202-3500, USA. SchmitzMichaelL@uams.edu
Michael
M
Schmitz
Wesley
W
McKamie
Charles
C
Johnson
Edward
E
Horgan
Michiaki
M
Imamura
Robert
R
Jaquiss
D002302:Cardiac Output; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
D002784:Cholesterol