Calcification of the mitral valve complicated by embolization and subsequent ischemic stroke with haemorrhagic transformation

Eur Heart J. 2015 Oct 21;36(40):2728. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv299. Epub 2015 Jul 9.

Authors

Andrea Denegri¹, Giovanni Battista Pedrazzini², Tiziano Moccetti², Marco Moccetti²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Cardiocentro Ticino, via Tesserete 48, Lugano, Ticino 6900, Switzerland andrea.denegri@cardiocentroticino.org denegriandrea@msn.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Cardiocentro Ticino, via Tesserete 48, Lugano, Ticino 6900, Switzerland.

PMID: 26160002
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv299

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
Humans
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / etiology*
Intracranial Embolism / etiology
Mitral Valve*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Calcification / complications*