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Diffuse enlargement of cerebral vasculature in an adult patient operated for cyanotic congenital heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2020

Ahmed S. Emekli Open the ORCID record for Ahmed S. Emekli [Opens in a new window] ,
Esme Ekizoglu  and
Nilufer Yesilot
Ahmed S. Emekli*
Affiliation:
Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Esme Ekizoglu
Affiliation:
Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nilufer Yesilot
Affiliation:
Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
*
Author for correspondence: A. S. Emekli, MD, Cerebrovascular Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 505 246 33 68; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A 24-year-old female patient diagnosed with cyanotic CHD had undergone a correction procedure at the age of eight. She had a normal motor and mental development until the age of 23. Later she had functional and cognitive decline following heart failure. Brain MRI showed enlargement of the cerebral arterial and venous system. The changes of central nervous system vasculature occurring in operated cyanotic CHD are not well known. Thanks to advances in this field, more cyanotic CHD patients reach adulthood nowadays and clinicians need to be familiar with the neurological conditions and potential neuroradiological changes.

Keywords

Strokecerebrovascular diseasecyanotic CHDheart failurehypoxia
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , May 2020 , pp. 734 - 736
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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