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Is patent foramen ovale the cause of stroke in a patient with moyamoya disease?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2022

Zhengyan Guan
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Dengjun Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Xiaobin Chen*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
*
Author for correspondence: Xiaobin Chen, Department of Cardiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No.87, Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410008, China. Tel: +86 15873124162; Fax: +00 86 0731 89753724; E-mail: chenxiaobinxy@163.com

Abstract

We reported a case of ischaemic stroke with moyamoya disease with simultaneous occurrence of patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale and was scheduled for follow-up.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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