Acute Stroke Case Summary

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Introduction: about 9% of acute ischemic strokes are complicated with myocardial infarction, and about 2-6% of acute anterior wall myocardial infarctions are complicated with stroke. They occur at the same time or with a difference of several days.
Case report: The patient is 47 years old female who had diagnosed lumbar disc disease and constant numbness in her left leg.
The disease started with a permanent feeling of weakness in her left leg and transitory numbness in her left arm; at the same time she had a headache, vertigo and difficulty while walking. Neurologist and cardiologist examined her several times in the next four days, head CT scan was done and multiple lacunae were seen. She started to take antihypertensive drugs.
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