title: Acute stroke from tumor embolus in a patient with cardiac sarcoma: Aspiration thrombectomy with Penumbra catheter.
abstract: The most common primary malignant cardiac tumor is the cardiac sarcoma, which is mesenchymal in origin. This case report describes a patient with hyperacute stroke caused by cardiac sarcoma who underwent rapid recanalization through mechanical aspiration thrombectomy with Penumbra catheter.
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Byon
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Republic of Korea Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Chonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Chonbuk National University Hospital, Republic of Korea kwak8140@jbnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyo Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.affiliation: Radiology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Gyung Ho
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Chonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Chonbuk National University Hospital, Republic of Korea Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu Yun
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D057785:Catheters; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cardiac tumor; stroke; thrombectomy