Acute Ischemic Stroke Following Acute Myocardial Infarction： Adding Insult to Injury

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 130; no. 9; pp. 1129 - 1130
• Main Authors: Cai, Xiao-Qing, Wen, Jin, Zhao, Ying, Wu, Ya-Li, Zhang, Han-Ping, Zhang, Wei-Ze
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies 05.05.2017; Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, China%Department of Medical Administration, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, China%Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, China%Department of Neurology, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, China; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: AMI; Angioplasty; Brain Ischemia - etiology; Cardiology; Carotid arteries; Consent; Coronary vessels; Correspondence; Electrocardiography; Heart attacks; Humans; Ischemia; Male; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Pain; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Stents; Stroke; Stroke - etiology; Veins & arteries; 介入治疗; 再灌注; 冠状动脉; 急性心肌梗死; 损伤; 缺血; 血管成形术; @@
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.204921

To the Editor： Concurrence of acute ischemic stroke and acute myocardial infarction （AMI） is rare but serious in clinical scenarios,Reperfusion therapy, with no or minimal delay~ is optimized strategy to save both vital organs in such urgency. Here, we report a case of successful salvage with urgent thrombolysis plus carotid angioplasty, followed by elective percutaneous coronary intervention （PC1）.