According to news from Bac Giang Provincial 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.
Cerebral computed tomography angiography results showed occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery segment M1. In particular, during the emergency bedside ECG and echocardiography, doctors discovered arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation and severe heart failure (EF = 36%), even though the patient had never detected it before. I have heart disease.
Doctors quickly consulted with cerebrovascular intervention specialists at Central Military Hospital 108 to analyze the patient's condition to provide appropriate treatment.
The female patient recovered well after the intervention.
Unexpectedly, during the time the doctors were consulting, the patient made good progress, recovered and was almost completely paralyzed, and was continued to be monitored at the hospital.
At 14:30 p.m. the same day, the patient showed signs of a second stroke with paralysis of the left side of his body. Two medical teams immediately intervened to remove the thrombus, revascularize the brain, and save the patient's life.
After intervention, the scan results showed that the clogged cerebral blood vessel had cleared well, completely releasing the right middle cerebral artery thrombus. Currently, the patient is awake, has good contact, is no longer paralyzed and was transferred to the Department of 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, heart disease) atrial fibrillation) has a high risk of stroke, it is necessary to proactively screen for stroke periodically to avoid stroke, affecting health and life.
