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. 2020 Nov;20(6):597-599.
doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0763.

The importance of early completion of cardiac investigations after ischaemic stroke: a case and systematic review of reperfusion therapy in stroke due to cardiac fibroelastoma

Henrietta Helliwell  1 , Aishwarya Desai  2 , Mark McCole  3 , Andy Beale  2 , Gopinath Ramadurai  4 , Badrinathan Chandrasekaran  2 , Gabriel Sc Yiin  2
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The importance of early completion of cardiac investigations after ischaemic stroke: a case and systematic review of reperfusion therapy in stroke due to cardiac fibroelastoma

Henrietta Helliwell et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2020 Nov.
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Keywords: cardiac fibroelastoma; cardiac investigations; reperfusion therapy; stroke.

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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Transthoracic echocardiography showing the fibroelastoma (white arrow) on the right coronary cusp. a) Parasternal long axis view. b) Modified four-chamber apical view. c) Normal Doppler velocity across the valve. d) Parasternal short axis view.
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Computed tomography showing fibroelastoma (white arrow) and right aortic valve cusp (red arrow). a) Maximum intensity projection of the aortic valve showing left coronary artery ostia (LCO) and right coronary artery ostia (RCO). b) Maximum intensity projection through the aortic valve plane. c) 3D volume rendering technique of the aortic valve showing the three cusps, and the attachment of the fibroelastoma to the right coronary cusp.
Fig 3.
Fig 3.
Haematoxylin and eosin stain of papillary fronds. a) Papillary fronds (red arrows) arising from a central stalk (black arrow) at low magnification. b) Papillary fronds showing the fibroelastic core covered with bland endothelium at higher magnification.
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