Cerebrovascular myocardium-tissue embolism: a rare complication of heart surgery: autopsy case report

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2018 May-Jun:34:46-49. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.03.001. Epub 2018 Mar 18.
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Keywords: Acute mitral valve repair; Cardioembolic stroke; Cardiovascular surgery; Cellular–myocardial embolism; Cerebrovascular embolism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autopsy
  • Biopsy
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Cause of Death
  • Encephalomalacia / etiology*
  • Encephalomalacia / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / etiology*
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
  • Intracranial Embolism / etiology*
  • Intracranial Embolism / pathology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology*