Publications by authors named "Luis Cruz-Saavedra"
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- Acute ischemic stroke can arise from aortic dissection, and current knowledge about endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for this scenario is largely based on limited case reports, highlighting the need for larger case series.
- A case of a patient with a Stanford type A aortic dissection and occluded arteries experienced a successful outcome after undergoing mechanical thrombectomy for a stroke, prompting a review of similar cases and the implications of carotid artery stenting.
- The findings suggest that mechanical thrombectomy in such patients shows high success in restoring blood flow and leads to favorable neurological outcomes with minimal complications, indicating the need for more comprehensive studies to better define which patients benefit most from this treatment.
Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS) is a rare clinical presentation of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury typically occurring in the setting of cardiac arrest. It is rare for it to be associated with respiratory failure. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic heralded a new cause of respiratory failure, and not much is known about the occurrence of Lance-Adams syndrome in the context of COVID-19 pneumonia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMarchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) is a rare demyelinating condition of the corpus callosum and subcortical white matter that is most commonly seen in alcoholic patients. The course of the disease varies with symptoms that range from dementia to complete coma; severe intermittent sympathetic storming with abnormal posturing is often reported in literature. It is presumably secondary to a deficiency of B complex vitamins, specifically thiamine and many patients have clinical improvement after repletion of B vitamins.
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