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Case report

Successful invasive treatment of stroke in a patient with a left ventricle assist device – case report

Anna Konopka
1
,
Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz
2
,
Marzena Ułamek-Kozioł
2
,
Małgorzata Misztal-Ogonowska
3
,
Elżbieta Smaga
4
,
Ilona Michałowska
5

  1. Department of Intensive Cardiac Therapy, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
  2. 1st Neurological Department, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Valvular Heart Disease, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
  4. Neurology Consultant, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
  5. Department of Radiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
Adv Psychiatry Neurol 2025; 34 (4)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2025.156792
Online publish date: 2025/12/10
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