Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Late Complication of Mitral Valve Replacement

Amena Nayeem, Muhammad Fahad Zakir, Sumera Nawaz Qabulio, Ghania Niazi and Fasiha Sohail
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Fasiha Sohail: Ziauddin University and Hospital, Pakistan

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2018, vol. 7, issue 5, 90-92

Abstract: Case: A 42-year old married female, known case of mitral regurgitation and chronic atrial fibrillation with mitral valve replacement in 2007 (on warfarin) with complaints of left sided motor and facial weakness. CT brain was done which showed ischemic changes. On exam: GCS 12/15 (E4, M6, V2). Power in left upper and lower limb was â…–. Tone in the left side was decreased. Reflexes of the left side were exaggerated. Plantars on the left side were up going. Neurological exam of the right side was normal. Gag reflex was absent and cranial nerve VII examination of the left side showed weakness.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2018.07.555721

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