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A Thrombotic Stroke Model Based On Transient Cerebral Hypoxia-ischemia
Published on: August 18, 2015
Hemorrhagic stroke in a child with low total serum cholesterol and a pulsatile left ventricular assist device
Michael Schmitz1, Wesley McKamie, Charles Johnson
1Pediatric Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202-3500, USA. SchmitzMichaelL@uams.edu
Abstract:
Low serum cholesterol has long been associated with hemorrhagic stroke even though the mechanism for this association has yet to be elucidated. The association of low serum cholesterol with hemorrhagic stroke has been described thus far only in adult studies. There have been no reports of this association in children. We present a case of a hemorrhagic stroke that occurred in a 6-year-old, severely malnourished child who had just received augmentation of cardiac output with a pulsatile left ventricular assist device.
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