Flow diagram of the differential diagnosis and clinical decision making in a rare case of contrast-induced encephalopathy following cardiac catheterization: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contrast-induced encephalopathy (CIE) is considered as an uncommon complication following cardiac catheterization. Due to the varied manifestations, CIE has no formal diagnostic criteria. In fact, the incidence of CIE may be greatly underestimated because of the difficulty in its differential diagnosis with other cerebrovascular complications. Thus, making a flow diagram according to patients' clinical symptoms and examinations after cardiac catheterization to help clinicians diagnose CIE is important and needed.

Case presentation

In this report, we describe a case of probable CIE in a 66-year-old Chinese man with hypertension who underwent cardiac catheterization with stents placement in the bifurcation lesion, during which 80 ml iopromide contrast was used. Abou

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233977 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature