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<p>Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by occlusion of a large blood vessel in the neck and / or head presents a common clinical picture in patients with congenital heart defects with the combined existence of systemic diseases. This paper presents a 32 - year - old patient with AIS in the field of cardioembolization. Since it was an occlusion of a large blood vessel (supraclinoid part of the left ICA), an endovascular procedure of mechanical thrombus extraction was applied. Further examination revealed the presence of persistent foramen ovale (PFO) and systemic lupus (SLE) in this patient. The patient underwent percutaneous closure of ASD 5 months after EVT.</p>
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Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by occlusion of a large blood vessel in the neck and / or head presents a common clinical picture in patients with congenital heart defects with the combined existence of systemic diseases. This paper presents a 32 - year - old patient with AIS in the field of cardioembolization. Since it was an occlusion of a large blood vessel (supraclinoid part of the left ICA), an endovascular procedure of mechanical thrombus extraction was applied. Further examination revealed the presence of persistent foramen ovale (PFO) and systemic lupus (SLE) in this patient. The patient underwent percutaneous closure of ASD 5 months after EVT.

Persistent Foramen Ovale Associated with Systemic Lupus as a Cause of Acute Ischemic Stroke - A Case Report

University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by occlusion of a large blood vessel in the neck and / or head presents a common clinical picture in patients with...

Persistent Foramen Ovale Associated with Systemic Lupus as a Cause of Acute Ischemic Stroke - A Case Report

Published Online: Apr 22, 2023

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Received: Mar 16, 2022

Accepted: Apr 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0015

Keywords
Acute ischemic stroke, persistent foramen ovale, systemic lupus, endovascular treatment

© 2023 Valentina Mileusnic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Persistent Foramen Ovale Associated with Systemic Lupus as a Cause of Acute Ischemic Stroke - A Case Report

Published Online: Apr 22, 2023

Page range: -

Received: Mar 16, 2022

Accepted: Apr 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0015

KeywordsAcute ischemic stroke, persistent foramen ovale, systemic lupus, endovascular treatment

© 2023 Valentina Mileusnic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Acute ischemic stroke, persistent foramen ovale, systemic lupus, endovascular treatment