BRAIN EMBOLIZATION OF A HEALTHY ARTERY FRAGMENT AS A COMPLICATION OF A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

Publication date: Available online 15 November 2018

Source: Journal of Neuroradiology

Author(s): L Martín-Aguilar, M Hernández-Pérez, A Planas, J Broto, C Llibre, E Fernández-Nofrerias, C Castaño, S Remollo, JL Subirats, L Dorado, M Millán

Abstract

Ischemic stroke is the most common neurological complication of cardiac catheterization resulting in a high morbidity and mortality. We present a 44-year-old man admitted for vasospastic angina that suffered a right middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion after a cardiac catheterization. Mechanical thrombectomy was indicated and complete arterial recanalization was achieved. The material obtained showed a fragment of a healthy artery. Partial radial endarterectomy and cerebral embolization may be a rare complication of cardiac catheterization.

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