Title: Management of Stroke in a Coronary Artery Disease Patient after Major Colorectal Surgical Procedure

Authors: Karthik Prakasam, Gowri Shankar Anjaneyan, SR Karthik, Satish Logidasan, Kanimozhi Rathinasamy, Arulraj Panchatcharam, Prasana Vadhanan6, Ambal S

 DOI:  https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i1.75

Abstract

The incidence of LV thrombus is approximately 40% following an Anterior Myocardial Infarction(1). Embolism from thrombus is regarded as the most common cause of Stroke following MI with an incidence as high as 10% (prethrombolytic era) & 2-3% (thrombolytic era) (2).  A patient with apical thrombus has a high risk of perioperative thromboembolism (3), which could be avoided, to an extent with judicious use of anticoagulants.

Keywords: coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, lv thrombus.

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Corresponding Author

Satish Logidasan

Department of Anesthesiology, Govt Stanley Medical College, TN- 600001, India

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