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Cerebrovascular ischemic events in wind instrument players
S Evers1, E Altenmüller, E B Ringelstein
1Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Germany. everss@uni-muenster.de
Neurology
|September 20, 2000
Abstract:
Two cases of ischemic stroke due to carotid artery dissection occurring during wind instrument playing, probably caused by increased intrathoracic and subsequent intrapharyngeal pressure, are presented. A review of the literature revealed three similar patients with other types of cerebrovascular events, such as paradoxical cerebral embolism due to a patent foramen ovale and spinal epidural hematoma during trumpet playing.