title: A case of right middle cerebral artery 'tendonectomy' following mitral valve replacement surgery.
abstract: Following mechanical mitral valve replacement surgery, a 69-year-old woman had an ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery territory. Mechanical thrombectomy showed the embolus to be a piece of chordae tendineae excised during the valve replacement surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurovascular Research, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8953-2983
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurointerventional Radiology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Josser E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Delgado Almandoz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurocritical Care, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurocritical Care, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurovascular Research, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-6528
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fease
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurointerventional Radiology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Jill Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurointerventional Radiology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Neurology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurointerventional Radiology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Yasha
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-0188
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kayan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000209:etiology*; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Complication; Endoscopy; Stroke; Technique; Thrombectomy