Key result
Atrial septal defect is a rare cause of paradoxical cerebral embolism that requires detailed cardiac examination in patients presenting with cryptogenic stroke.
Why the study?
Atrial septal defect rarely causes paradoxical cerebral embolism, highlighting the need to draw attention to detailed cardiac examination in cryptogenic stroke.
This case highlights the necessity of detailed cardiac examination to identify potential atrial septal defects in patients with cryptogenic stroke.
Supports detailed cardiac evaluation in cryptogenic stroke; hypothesis-generating for ASD screening protocols.
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is common among adult congenital heart diseases but rarely causes paradoxical cerebral embolism. By sharing the ASD diagnosed after the first ischemic stroke attack at the age of 49 and a case of paradoxical cerebral embolism developing accordingly, we aimed to draw attention to the necessity of detailed cardiac examination in patients with cryptogenic stroke.
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Gündüz et al. (2020) studied this question. Atrial septal defect is a rare cause of paradoxical cerebral embolism that requires detailed cardiac examination in patients presenting with cryptogenic stroke.
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