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- Title
Progressive Memory Decline in a Patient With Atrial Septal Defect: Case Report and Literature Review.
- Authors
Wiafe, Yaw Amo; Amponsah, Gordon Manu; Asafu Adjaye Frimpong, George; Owusu, Isaac Kofi
- 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.
- Subjects
GHANA; HEART failure risk factors; VASCULAR disease diagnosis; BRAIN; STROKE; INFARCTION; PULMONARY hypertension; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; ATRIAL septal defects; ATROPHY; MEMORY disorders; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY diagnosis; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2023, p1
- ISSN
1179-5476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/11795476231176713