A Large Grade 5 Mobile Aortic Arch Atheromatous Plaque: Cause of Cerebrovascular Accident.
Chikezie Konde AlvarezHafiz Muhammad AslamSara WallachMuhammad U MustafaPublished in: Case reports in medicine (2018)
Aortic atheromas (aortic atheromatous plaques) are defined by an irregular thickening of the intima ≥2 mm, and a complex plaque is defined as a protruding atheroma ≥4 mm with or without an attached mobile component. Stroke incidence is approximately 25% in patients with mobile plaques of the aortic arch and 2% in patients with quiescent nonmobile plaques. Antiplatelet agents, oral anticoagulants, and statins have been suggested in the management of atheromas. We present an 80-year-old male, with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and chronic dysarthria, found to have an acute cerebrovascular accident (CVA) secondary to embolism from a large 12 mm aortic arch plaque, treated medically with oral antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulation, and statin therapy.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- aortic dissection
- acute coronary syndrome
- aortic valve
- cardiovascular disease
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- liver failure
- heart failure
- risk factors
- drug induced
- type diabetes
- respiratory failure
- coronary artery
- venous thromboembolism
- mesenchymal stem cells
- intensive care unit
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- pulmonary hypertension
- blood brain barrier
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation