A Rare Combination: Myocardial Infarction and Cerebral Ischemia

Abstract

Myocardial infarction (MI) is death of heart cells due to the decreased blood flow to a part ofthe heart. Reduction in blood flow increases the oxygen demand of the heart and if it leftuntreated for a sufficient period of time, can cause damage or death of heart muscle tissue.Cerebral ischemia,represents metabolic damage in the brain as a result of insufficient bloodflow. Cerebral hypoxia leads to death of brain tissue that named cerebral infarction. Symptomsof brain ischemia can include unconsciousness (from somnolance to stupor), blindness,coordination problems, body weakness, cardiorespiratory arrest and irreversible brain damage.Observation of cerebral ischemia and MI are a rare combination. Combination of MI andcerebral ischemia is a rare situation we evaluated the case in light of recent literature

Keywords

• Myocardial infarction,Cerebral ischemia,Etiology

Nadir Bir Kombinasyon: Miyokard İnfarktüsü ve Serebral İskemi

Abstract

Miyokard infarktüsü (Mİ), kalbin bir bölümüne kan akımının azalmasından kaynaklanan kalpkası hücrelerinin ölümüdür. Kan akımının azalması, kalbin oksijen ihtiyacını artırır. Eğer tedaviedilmez ise kalp kasında hasara ve ölüme neden olabilir. Serebral iskemi, beyne yetersiz kanakımı sonucu beyinde oluşan metabolik hasarı ifade eder. Serebral hipoksi sonrasında, serebraliskemi dediğimiz ilgili beyin dokusunun ölümü olur. Serebral iskeminin belirtileri arasındabilinç kaybı (somnolansdan stupora kadar gidebilen), körlük, denge problemleri, güçsüzlük,kardiyopulmoner arrest ve geri dönüşümsüz beyin hasarı sayılabilir. Mİ ve serebral iskemininbirarada gözlenmesi nadir olup her ikisinin birlikte gözlendiği bu olguyu son literatür bilgilerieşliğinde değerlendirmeyi amaçladık

Keywords

• Miyokard infarktüsü,Serebral iskemi,Etiyoloji

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