Cerebrovascular accidents in Ebstein's anomaly.

Nicholas Y TanChristine H Attenhofer JostMurray D PolkinghorneEmily R VargasDavid O HodgeJoseph A DearaniSamuel J AsirvathamHeidi M ConnollyChristopher J McLeod

Published in: Congenital heart disease (2019)

Patients with EA are at substantive risk for CVA. Histories of migraines/headaches and interatrial shunts should prompt concern for paradoxical embolic CVAs. This has significant implications for all patients with atrial-level shunting.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
left atrial
mitral valve