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- Title
Transient global amnesia: an uncommon presentation of acute myocardial infarction.
- Authors
Tirelli, Paolo; Cacciapuoti, Fulvio; Scarano, Filomena; Cacciapuoti, Federico
- Abstract
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is an acute neurological syndrome characterized by sudden-onset global (anterograde and retrograde) amnesia, without compromising other neurological functions. This clinical condition lasts up to 24 h with whole restoration. Several causes have been proposed as responsible for it. Among these, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was reported as a rare cause of TGA. Sympathetic hyperactivity occurring too early in AMI seems to induce vasospasm, responsible for venous cerebral congestion acting on hippocampal and temporal structures and consequent memory loss. A rare case of TGA as precocious display of subsequent AMI was described.
- Subjects
TRANSIENT global amnesia; MYOCARDIAL infarction; MEMORY loss; CEREBRAL vasospasm; PAROXYSMAL sympathetic hyperactivity
- Publication
Italian Journal of Medicine, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 2, p148
- ISSN
1877-9344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/itjm.2018.945