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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  4, Issue 2, April-June 2018, Pages 168-170
 

Case Report

Right MCA Lacunar Infarct with Concomitant Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction

Arunil Gupta1, Vaibhav Sharma2, Neha Sotie3, Pankaj Jhaldiyal4

1Attending Consultant 2PGY2 3PGY2 4HOD & Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4218.20

Abstract

Concomitant acute myocardial infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular accidents has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report, we are describing a 74 year old male patient previous diabetic and hypertensive who presented to ER with a H/O sudden fall at home after which he had weakness of left leg, slurring of speech and left sided hemianopia after which a screening MRI revealed a Rt sided thalamic lacunar infarct. On further probing he revealed a vague epigastric pain and ECG revealed ST elevation in Lead II,III and AVF with atrial fibrillation & CVR. After that pt was urgently shifted to cath lab for percutaneous coronary intervention. This association can best be described as “cardio-cerebral infarction”. Early recognition of such cases is important and determines the patient’s further management and prognosis.

Keywords: Hemianopia; Myocardial Infarction; Lacunar Infarct; Cardio Cerebral Infarct; Diabetes Mellitus.


Corresponding Author : Arunil Gupta, Attending Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.