Tromboembolismo pulmonar y enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica embólica en un anciano boliviano / Lung thromboembolism and embolic ischemic cerebrovascular disease in a Bolivian aged man
Medisan
;
18(6)jun. 2014.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-712633
RESUMEN
Se describe el caso clínico de un paciente de 71 años de edad, quien en el 2008, luego de un episodio de tromboembolismo pulmonar, fuera ingresado en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Integral Comunitario de Chacaltaya en Bolivia, por presentar una enfermedad cerebrovascular isquémica embólica de tipo paradójica, como consecuencia de un agujero oval permeable. Como tratamiento se indicó, primero, heparina de bajo peso molecular y, posteriormente, dicumarínicos, con lo cual el paciente evolucionó satisfactoriamente.
ABSTRACT
The case report of a 71 year patient is presented who in 2008, after an episode of lung thromboembolism, was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the Community Comprehensive Hospital of Chacaltaya, Bolivia, he presented an ischemic embolic cerebrovascular disease in a paradoxical way, as consequence of a permeable oval foramen. Heparin of low molecular weight was indicated first as treatment and later, dicumarinics, with which the patient had a satisfactory clinical course.
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Main subject:
Cerebrovascular Disorders
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Foramen Ovale, Patent
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Bolivia
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU
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