title: A rare but serious complication of percutaneous coronary intervention: spinal cord embolism.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Many atherothrombotic complications are associated with coronary angiography. Spinal cord embolism with high morbidity and mortality is one of these complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 65-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with acute myocardial infarction. Immediately after coronary angiography, she complained of paresthesia and paraparesis of her legs. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected hyperintensity at the level of the conus medullaris. Antiaggregant therapy and a physiotherapy program continued. After 2 months, clinical and MRI findings had improved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Invasive procedures such as coronary angiography can lead to serious atherothrombotic complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Selcuk University, Faculty of Meram Medicine, Konya, Meram, Turkey. vatankulu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vatankulu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayrak
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alihanoglu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salli
authors.forename: Mehment S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ulgen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020758:Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
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