Neurológia pre prax 6/2018
Myxom srdce jako příčina kardioembolizační cévní mozkové příhody u mladé pacientky
Stroke is one of the most common causes of morbidity, mortality and invalidity in the Czech Republic. The incidence of stroke is 241/100,000 individuals per year. Ischaemic stroke represents about 85 %. The occurence of stroke is significantly dependent on the age of the patient. About 2,5 % of all ischaemic strokes occur among patients under the age of 45. Less usual causes of stroke are in this age category more frequent. Most of them are treatable, that is why it is important to be aware of them. One of the rarer causes of ischaemic stroke is cardiac myxoma. If it is not treated, the cardiac myxoma endangers the patient by the reccurance of stroke, or other serious health complications. The standard treatment for cardiac myxoma is cardiosurgical exstirpation. The objective of this article is to highlight the issue of cardiac myxoma as a cause of the cardioembolic stroke and to describe it in the following case study.
Keywords: stroke, cardioembolism, cardiac tumor, myxoma
