CT imaging can successfully detect calcific cerebral emboli, highlighting a rare but severe complication of retrograde heart catheterization in patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis.
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CT may identify calcific emboli in post-catheterization stroke with aortic stenosis; leaves open incidence and prevention strategies.
Embolism with brain infarction rarely complicates calcific aortic stenosis (CAS). We report a case with severe CAS where the patient experienced multiple embolic strokes immediately following retrograde heart catheterization. Calcific emboli in the cerebral arteries were demonstrated by computed tomography (CT).
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