Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Recurrent cerebral infarction due to carotid atherosclerosis and cardioembolism during dual antiplatelet treatment: a case report

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Neurological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Data availability

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.

Abbreviations

DWI :

Diffusion-weighted imaging

MRA :

Magnetic resonance angiography

ICA :

Internal carotid artery

NIHSS :

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

CTA :

Computed tomography angiography

References

  1. Hillen T, Coshall C, Tilling K, Rudd AG, McGovern R, Wolfe CDA (2003) Causes of stroke recurrence is multifactorial. Stroke 34:1457–1463. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000072985.24967.7F

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Eikelboom JW, Connolly SJ, Bosch J, Dagenais GR, Hart RG, Shestakovska O et al (2017) Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in stable cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med 377:1319–1330. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1709118

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Wang Y, Wang Y, Zhao X, Liu L, Wang D, Wang C et al (2013) Clopidogrel with aspirin in acute minor stroke or transient ischemic attack. N Engl J Med 369:11–19. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1215340

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Johnston CY, Easton JD, Farrant M, Barsan W, Conwit RA, Elm JJ (2018) Clopidogrel and aspirin in acute ischemic stroke and high-risk TIA. N Engl J Med 379:215–225. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1800410

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  5. Michel P, Nataios G (2011) CT angiography helps to differentiate acute from chronic carotid occlusion: “the carotid ring sign.” Neuroradiology 54(2):139–146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-011-0868-9

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Yang W, Hong SA, Kim JM, Jeong HB, Nam TK, Choi HH, et al. (2023) The immunologic phenotype of thrombi is associated with future vascular events after cerebral infarction. J Neurointerv Surg jnis-2023–020155. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2023-020155https://doi.org/10.1136/jnis-2023-020155

Download references

Funding

The study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea, funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2022R1A2C2007064). The funding has no role in the design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Daehak-Ro, Jongno-Gu, 101, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Monique Therese S. Punsalan, Jeong-Min Kim & Dong-Wan Kang

  2. Headquarters for Public Health Care, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

    Dong-Wan Kang

Authors
  1. Monique Therese S. Punsalan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jeong-Min Kim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Dong-Wan Kang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

M.T.S.P. analyzed and interpreted the data, and wrote and revised the manuscript.

J-M.K. analyzed and interpreted data, and revised the manuscript.

D-W.K. analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jeong-Min Kim.

Ethics declarations

Ethics approval and consent for publication

The conduct of this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Seoul National University Hospital. Informed consent for publication of information was obtained from patient’s guardian.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher's note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Punsalan, M.T.S., Kim, JM. & Kang, DW. Recurrent cerebral infarction due to carotid atherosclerosis and cardioembolism during dual antiplatelet treatment: a case report. Neurol Sci 44, 4121–4123 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06940-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06940-4

Search

Navigation