Isolated left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) and recurrent strokes: to anticoagulate or not to anticoagulate, that is the question

Isolated left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is an uncommon primary cardiomyopathy associated with significant risk of thromboembolic stroke. We report a case of a 69-year-old man with a medical history of ischaemic stroke who presented with a stroke for the second time, and during stroke workup...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ case reports 2017-10, Vol.2017, p.bcr-2017-220954
Hauptverfasser:	Subahi, Ahmed, Hassan, Abubaker A I, Abubakar, Hossam, Ibrahim, Walid
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anticoagulants - administration & dosage Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Aspirin - administration & dosage Aspirin - therapeutic use Black Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiology Cardiomyopathy Case reports Diagnosis, Differential Family medical history Heart failure Humans Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium - diagnosis Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium - diagnostic imaging Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium - drug therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Patients Rare Disease Recurrence Stroke Stroke - etiology Thromboembolism Ticlopidine - administration & dosage Ticlopidine - analogs & derivatives Ticlopidine - therapeutic use USA/Canada
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