Thoracic Spinal Cord Ischemia Following Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Arrest in a Young Male - 16/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.03.021
O. Akbar Ali, MBBS a, A. Aggarwal, MBBS, FRACP b, G. Thanakrishnan, MBBS, FRACP c, H.C. Lowe, PhD, FRACP a, ⁎ 
a Department of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia
b Department of Neurology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
c Department of Intensive Care, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9767 6296; fax: +61 2 9767 6994.Résumé |
In an era of percutaneous stenting for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a case of thoracic spinal cord ischemia following AMI and cardiac arrest is presented, to highlight and discuss this rare but debilitating condition, well-documented within the neurological literature, but rarely encountered in cardiovascular practice.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Myocardial infarction, Coronary intervention
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Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 15 - N° 1
P. 53-55 - février 2006 Retour au numéro
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