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Cardioembolic Stroke Revealed by Increased Hemostatic Markers Associated with Intracardiac Thrombus Stroke 22:1317-1319, Yasaka,M.&Yamaguchi,T., 1991 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract A 66-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and myocardial infarction developed pure motor hemiparesis.On admission,she was thought to have a lacunar infarction.However,computed tomography of the brain with contrast medium revealed a small infarct in the cortex of the frontal lobe.Conventional angiography showed no stenotic or occlusive lesions. Sensitive hemocoagulative tests revealed hypercoagulative and hyperfibrinolytic states.Ultrafast computed tomography of the heart with contrast enhancement demonstrated a large left ventricular mural thrombus. There were no further abnormal findings suggestive of other systemic diseases that affect blood coagulability.As a result,the patient was diagnosed as having suffered a cardioembolic stroke.An intracardiac thrombus could be one of the causes of the hemostatis disorders of acute cardioembolic stroke.

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