• DOI:10.1097/00006565-200202000-00011
Corpus ID: 44533238

Cerebrovascular event, dilated cardiomyopathy, and pheochromocytoma

@article{Dagartzikas2002CerebrovascularED,
  title={Cerebrovascular event, dilated cardiomyopathy, and pheochromocytoma},
  author={M. Dagartzikas and K. Sprague and G. Carter and J. Tobias},
  journal={Pediatric Emergency Care},
  year={2002},
  volume={18},
  pages={33-35}
}

M. Dagartzikas, K. Sprague, +1 author J. Tobias

Published 2002

Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Care

Cerebral infarction in children may be the result of various disease processes, including emboli from intracardiac sources, paradoxical emboli from the venous system, sickle cell disease, cyanotic heart disease, vasculitis affecting the carotid or cerebral vascular system, vascular anomalies, and prothrombotic states. We present a previously healthy adolescent who presented with the acute onset of hemiparesis. Work-up revealed a dilated cardiomyopathy with a left ventricular mural thrombus as… CONTINUE READING

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