Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Young Patient with Left Ventricular Thrombus Attributed to Doxorubicin Cardiomyopathy

Eung-Joon Lee; Byung-Woo Yoon

doi:10.1159/000502414

Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Young Patient with Left Ventricular Thrombus Attributed to Doxorubicin Cardiomyopathy

Case Rep Neurol. 2020 Dec 14;12(Suppl 1):178-182. doi: 10.1159/000502414. eCollection 2020 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Eung-Joon Lee¹, Byung-Woo Yoon¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We report a case of acute middle cerebral territory ischemic infarction caused by left ventricular thrombus (LVT) in a doxorubicin cardiomyopathy patient. A major adverse effect of doxorubicin is cardiotoxicity. In doxorubicin cardiomyopathy, as the ventricular contractility decreases, LVT can occur and lead to systemic embolic events such as stroke.

Keywords: Brain infarction; Cardiomyopathy; Doxorubicin; Stroke; Young adults.

Publication types

Case Reports