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Progressive Memory Decline in a Patient With Atrial Septal Defect: Case Report and Literature Review

Published:2023-01 Issue: Volume:16 Page:117954762311767
ISSN:1179-5476
Container-title:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Med Insights Case Rep

Author:

Wiafe Yaw Amo¹,Amponsah Gordon Manu²^ORCID,Asafu Adjaye Frimpong George³^ORCID,Owusu Isaac Kofi⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medical Diagnostics, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

2. Department of Physiology, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

3. Department of Radiology, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

4. Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Abstract

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common congenital anomaly that increases the risk of heart failure as well as strokes which can lead to cognitive impairment. The risk of stroke is higher when pulmonary hypertension develops and there is reversal of shunt. Stroke in ASD may be due to paradoxical emboli from the right heart or a left ventricular thrombus which develops as a result of atrial fibrillation, a common arrhythmia in ASD. We present a case of a 32-year-old Ghanaian man with history of ASD who presented with progressive memory loss with magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain showing multiple infarcts, microvascular disease, and cerebral atrophy.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/11795476231176713

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