Successful invasive treatment of stroke in a patient with a left ventricle assist device – case report
Anna Konopka, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Marzena Ułamek-Kozioł, Małgorzata Misztal-Ogonowska, Elżbieta Smaga, Ilona Michałowska · 2025
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Description
Anna Konopka and co-authors report a stroke treated successfully in a patient whose heart was kept going by a mechanical pump. The 58-year-old had heart failure with a left ventricular assist device, plus a fibrillating atrium with a racing rate. His implanted defibrillator misread the rhythm as lethal and fired shocks that themselves triggered real dangerous rhythms. Their 2025 case report follows what happened next.
Twelve hours into the admission the patient showed stroke signs. Scans found the right middle cerebral artery blocked, and a catheter team pulled the clot out mechanically, with good results. The case is a balancing act: the pump demands blood-thinning drugs, yet those same drugs raise the stakes of any brain bleed. The authors credit fast recognition and fast treatment for the good outcome, and lay out the suspected chain of causes for others facing the same trap.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anna Konopka, Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz, Marzena Ułamek-Kozioł, Małgorzata Misztal-Ogonowska, Elżbieta Smaga, Ilona Michałowska |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |