Studies from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Reveal New Findings on Heart Attack (Which one to do first?: a case report of simultaneous acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction): Heart Disorders and Diseases – Heart Attack

2022 JUL 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Cardiovascular Daily -- Investigators publish new report on heart attack. According to news reporting originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Although there are common risk factors for acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction, simultaneous onset of both diseases is uncommon. Here, we present a case of acute cerebral infarction with concurrent fatal myocardial infarction.”

Our news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “A 54-year-old man presented with left hemiparesis, gaze preponderance to the right side, and visual and tactile extinction. Computed tomography angiography showed occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery. ST-elevation myocardial infarction was suspected on electrocardiography. After the injection of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, thrombectomy was attempted first, and the coronary angiogram was planned after recanalization of the cerebral artery. However, thrombectomy was discontinued because of cardiac arrest. Despite extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and emergency percutaneous coronary intervention, the patient died of multiorgan failure.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Double primary acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction are rare but may be fatal due to the narrow therapeutic time window for both diseases. Careful consideration of the urgency of cardiac status is essential.”

For more information on this research see: Which one to do first?: a case report of simultaneous acute ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction. Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2021,14(2):109-112. (Journal of Neurocritical Care - https://www.e-jnc.org). The publisher for Journal of Neurocritical Care is The Korean Neurocritical Care Society.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.18700/jnc.210030.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Kijeong Lee, Department of Neurology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Woohyun Park, Kwon-Duk Seo, Hyeongsoo Kim.

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