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Case Reports
. 2024 Nov;33(11):107916.
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107916. Epub 2024 Aug 12.

Myxoma embolization during electroconvulsive therapy. An unusual presentation

Asaf Miller  1 , Hanna Amouri  2 , Maged Makhoul  3 , Benjamin Medalion  3 , Ofer Shamgar  4 , Jon Lessik  5 , Galia Ronen  6 , Tzah Feldman  7 , Yizhak Shiller  8 , Oren Caspi  5
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Myxoma embolization during electroconvulsive therapy. An unusual presentation

Asaf Miller et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

We describe a comatose female patient after electroconvulsive therapy. Head imaging showed diffuse cerebral emboli. Transesophageal echocardiography showed left atrial myxoma which was resected soon thereafter. The article describes the presentation, complications and treatment of myxomas and discusses electroconvulsive therapy, its adverse events and the possible relation to myxoma embolization.

Keywords: Electroconvulsive therapy; Embolization; Myxoma; Stroke.

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Declaration of competing interest We declare all authors had no conflict of interest. We did not receive any funding and the work was the authors own work.

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