Saving a stroke patient twice in one day

According to information from Bac Giang General Hospital, a 51-year-old female patient (address in Nghia Trung, Viet Yen) was admitted to the hospital on April 4 with difficulty breathing, drowsiness, difficulty speaking, and weakness on the left side of her body.

The results of the CT scan of the brain showed an image of the right middle cerebral artery occlusion, segment M1. Notably, when performing the emergency ECG at the bedside and echocardiogram, the doctors discovered arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation and severe heart failure (EF = 36%), although the patient had never previously discovered that he had heart disease.

Doctors quickly consulted with cerebrovascular intervention specialists from the 108 Military Central Hospital to analyze the patient's condition and provide appropriate treatment.

The female patient recovered well after the intervention.

Surprisingly, during the time the doctors were consulting, the patient showed good progress, recovered on his own and was almost completely paralyzed, and was continued to be monitored at the hospital.

At 2:30 p.m. the same day, the patient showed signs of a second stroke with left-sided hemiplegia. Two teams of doctors immediately intervened to remove the blood clot, re-open the cerebral blood vessels, and save the patient's life.

After the intervention, the results of the assessment showed that the blocked cerebral blood vessels were well-cleared, completely releasing the right middle cerebral artery thrombosis. Currently, the patient is awake, has good contact, is no longer paralyzed and has been transferred to the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology for further treatment.

According to Dr. Nguyen Xuan Truong, Deputy Head of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Head of the Cerebrovascular Intervention Team, Bac Giang Provincial General Hospital, people with cardiovascular diseases (arrhythmia, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation) have a high risk of stroke and need to proactively screen for stroke periodically to avoid stroke, affecting health and life.

Nguyen Ngoan

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